Title: Parse error: syntax error, unexpected…
Last modified: March 24, 2021

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# Parse error: syntax error, unexpected…

 *  [davidehun](https://wordpress.org/support/users/davidehun/)
 * (@davidehun)
 * [5 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/parse-error-syntax-error-unexpected-266/)
 * Hi all,
 * I’m trying to install the WP, but I always get this error message:
 * > Parse error : syntax error, unexpected ‘.’, expecting ‘&’ or variable (T_VARIABLE)
   > in **/chroot/home/** */***/html/wpcont/wp-includes/functions.php on line 1090
 * What can I do to resolve this?
 * Thanks a lot in advance

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 *  [Joy](https://wordpress.org/support/users/joyously/)
 * (@joyously)
 * [5 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/parse-error-syntax-error-unexpected-266/#post-14230008)
 * The error is referring to the `...` token that indicates variable-length argument
   lists. This feature was added in PHP 5.6, which is the minimum version required
   to run WordPress.
    So, you need to update your PHP version to a more recent version,
   like 7.4. Version 8 is still too new and many plugins might have issues with 
   it. But 5.6 is very old and what you have is even older.
 *  Thread Starter [davidehun](https://wordpress.org/support/users/davidehun/)
 * (@davidehun)
 * [5 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/parse-error-syntax-error-unexpected-266/#post-14230063)
 * I see, thank you. I’ll contact with the webhost service.

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 * Last reply from: [davidehun](https://wordpress.org/support/users/davidehun/)
 * Last activity: [5 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/parse-error-syntax-error-unexpected-266/#post-14230063)
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