Title: Parse error: syntax error, unexpected ‘[‘
Last modified: November 2, 2017

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# Parse error: syntax error, unexpected ‘[‘

 *  Resolved [Chris](https://wordpress.org/support/users/web2guru/)
 * (@web2guru)
 * [8 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/parse-error-syntax-error-unexpected-208/)
 * Looks like the recent update broke something. I’m getting this error message:
 * Parse error: syntax error, unexpected ‘[‘ in /wp-content/plugins/video-embed-
   thumbnail-generator/video-embed-thumbnail-generator.php on line 825
 * I deleted the plugin folder and the site comes back up. I reinstalled the plugin
   from the repository and the error came back.

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 *  Plugin Author [Kyle Gilman](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kylegilman/)
 * (@kylegilman)
 * [8 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/parse-error-syntax-error-unexpected-208/#post-9645290)
 * Thanks Chris, do you know what version of PHP you’re running?
 *  Thread Starter [Chris](https://wordpress.org/support/users/web2guru/)
 * (@web2guru)
 * [8 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/parse-error-syntax-error-unexpected-208/#post-9645299)
 * Yes, 5.6.31.
 * EDIT: Disregard that.
 * I didn’t realize this site was still on PHP 5.3.24. It’s a very old GoDaddy plan.
   I’ll tell my client he’s out of time and we need to migrate.
 * Thanks for looking into this Kyle.
    -  This reply was modified 8 years, 7 months ago by [Chris](https://wordpress.org/support/users/web2guru/).
      Reason: wrong PHP version
 *  Plugin Author [Kyle Gilman](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kylegilman/)
 * (@kylegilman)
 * [8 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/parse-error-syntax-error-unexpected-208/#post-9645322)
 * It looks like a problem with anything older than version 5.4. I’m going to fix
   it anyway.
 *  Plugin Author [Kyle Gilman](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kylegilman/)
 * (@kylegilman)
 * [8 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/parse-error-syntax-error-unexpected-208/#post-9645363)
 * Version 4.6.19 should fix this problem.
 *  Thread Starter [Chris](https://wordpress.org/support/users/web2guru/)
 * (@web2guru)
 * [8 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/parse-error-syntax-error-unexpected-208/#post-9645438)
 * Well thanks for the quick support Kyle! Problem solved! Well done!
 * Now to convince my client he still needs to migrate.

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 * Last reply from: [Chris](https://wordpress.org/support/users/web2guru/)
 * Last activity: [8 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/parse-error-syntax-error-unexpected-208/#post-9645438)
 * Status: resolved