Title: plugin activation error: expecting T_FUNCTION
Last modified: August 22, 2016

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# plugin activation error: expecting T_FUNCTION

 *  Resolved [TomJohnson](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tomjohnson/)
 * (@tomjohnson)
 * [11 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-activation-error-expecting-t_function/)
 * When I tried to activate the plugin, I received this error msg:
 * Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_USE, expecting T_FUNCTION in /var/www/
   html/[mysiteurl]/wp-content/plugins/threewp-broadcast/ThreeWP_Broadcast.php on
   line 28
 * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/threewp-broadcast/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/threewp-broadcast/)

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 *  Thread Starter [TomJohnson](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tomjohnson/)
 * (@tomjohnson)
 * [11 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-activation-error-expecting-t_function/#post-5214671)
 * ahh, I only have php 5.3, and this plugin requires version 5.4. Another thread
   said to use an older version (1.18) of the plugin.
 *  Thread Starter [TomJohnson](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tomjohnson/)
 * (@tomjohnson)
 * [11 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-activation-error-expecting-t_function/#post-5214672)
 * marking as resolved.
 *  [laetitia Godet](https://wordpress.org/support/users/laetitia-godet/)
 * (@laetitia-godet)
 * [11 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-activation-error-expecting-t_function/#post-5214906)
 * I have the same problem, I went in wordpress 4.1 and version 12 and now I have
   this error Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_USE, expecting T_FUNCTION 
   in / home / www / olivierdauvers / www / wp-content / plugins /threewp-broadcast/
   include/ThreeWP_Broadcast.php on line 10 ??????????

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 * Last reply from: [laetitia Godet](https://wordpress.org/support/users/laetitia-godet/)
 * Last activity: [11 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-activation-error-expecting-t_function/#post-5214906)
 * Status: resolved