Title: Parse error: syntax error, unexpected ‘function’
Last modified: April 27, 2018

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# Parse error: syntax error, unexpected ‘function’

 *  Resolved [Brian_Tomasik](https://wordpress.org/support/users/brian_tomasik/)
 * (@brian_tomasik)
 * [8 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/parse-error-syntax-error-unexpected-function/)
 * On 24 Apr 2018, this plugin broke on my site with the error
 * `Parse error: syntax error, unexpected 'function' (T_FUNCTION), expecting identifier(
   T_STRING) or \\ (T_NS_SEPARATOR) in [my_website_path]/wp-content/plugins/disabler/
   inc/logger/logger-init.php on line 3`
 * I removed the plugin for now. If I try to reactivate it, it says `Plugin could
   not be activated because it triggered a fatal error.`

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 *  Plugin Author [saas](https://wordpress.org/support/users/saas/)
 * (@saas)
 * [8 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/parse-error-syntax-error-unexpected-function/#post-10225844)
 * Hi Brian,
 * It seems like you are using older version of PHP.
 * So please at least use PHP 5.6+, and you should not see this error.
 *  Thread Starter [Brian_Tomasik](https://wordpress.org/support/users/brian_tomasik/)
 * (@brian_tomasik)
 * [8 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/parse-error-syntax-error-unexpected-function/#post-10227700)
 * Ah, that fixed it. 🙂

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 * Last reply from: [Brian_Tomasik](https://wordpress.org/support/users/brian_tomasik/)
 * Last activity: [8 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/parse-error-syntax-error-unexpected-function/#post-10227700)
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