Title: Parse error when attempting to activate
Last modified: August 30, 2016

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# Parse error when attempting to activate

 *  Resolved [sfoasis](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sfoasis/)
 * (@sfoasis)
 * [10 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/parse-error-when-attempting-to-activate/)
 * I am receiving the following error when attempting to activate Content Egg version
 * Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_STRING in /home3/source/public_html/shop/
   wp-content/plugins/content-egg/content-egg.php on line 3
 * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/content-egg/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/content-egg/)

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 *  [wpsoul](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wpsoul/)
 * (@wpsoul)
 * [10 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/parse-error-when-attempting-to-activate/#post-6702146)
 * Hi. This means that you have outdated php version on your server. Plugin requires
   5.3 or more. Write to your hoster to update php (your current version was actual
   near 10 years ago). You should do this in any case, because many plugins requires
   5.3 or newer version of php, also wordpress will stop support old versions of
   php soon.
 *  Thread Starter [sfoasis](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sfoasis/)
 * (@sfoasis)
 * [10 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/parse-error-when-attempting-to-activate/#post-6702166)
 * Thank you wpsoul! I will request the hosting company to update php.

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 * Last activity: [10 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/parse-error-when-attempting-to-activate/#post-6702166)
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