Title: [Plugin: Breadcrumb NavXT] v3 doesn’t work – parse error
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# [Plugin: Breadcrumb NavXT] v3 doesn’t work – parse error

 *  [ghosttie](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ghosttie/)
 * (@ghosttie)
 * [17 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-breadcrumb-navxt-v3-doesnt-work-parse-error/)
 * After upgrading to v3 I get this error when visiting the admin interface:
 * `Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_STRING, expecting T_OLD_FUNCTION or 
   T_FUNCTION or T_VAR or ‘}’ in /home2/cablech/public_html/wp-content/plugins/breadcrumb-
   navxt/breadcrumb_navxt_admin.php on line 37`

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 *  [John Havlik](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mtekk/)
 * (@mtekk)
 * [17 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-breadcrumb-navxt-v3-doesnt-work-parse-error/#post-865636)
 * ghosttie,
 * What version of PHP are you using? I’m willing to bet it is either PHP4 or a 
   very old version of PHP5. To make it PHP4 compatible you could try replacing 
   the `private` qualifier with `var`. Either way you really should be running PHP5
   by now.
 * -John Havlik
 *  Thread Starter [ghosttie](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ghosttie/)
 * (@ghosttie)
 * [17 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-breadcrumb-navxt-v3-doesnt-work-parse-error/#post-865749)
 * Yes it’s PHP4 – I have no way of making my hosting company upgrade
 * If I change private to var I just get another parse error:
 * `Parse error: parse error, unexpected T_OBJECT_OPERATOR in /wordpress/wp-content/
   plugins/breadcrumb-navxt/breadcrumb_navxt_admin.php on line 969`
 *  [John Havlik](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mtekk/)
 * (@mtekk)
 * [17 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-breadcrumb-navxt-v3-doesnt-work-parse-error/#post-865813)
 * That line of code is `return add_blog_option(get_current_site()->id, $key, $value);`
 * I’m guessing PHP4 is not linking the `get_current_site()->id` you could replace
   line 969 with:
 *     ```
       $current_site = get_current_site();
       return add_blog_option($current_site->id, $key, $value);
       ```
   
 * Now note a similar thing will need to be done to lines 990 and 1012.
 * I really would bug your host if I were you about getting PHP5 support, most offer
   concurrent PHP4/PHP5 deployments now. It may be worth the effort inquiring about
   it with your host as more and more projects dump PHP4 support.
 * -John Havlik
 *  Thread Starter [ghosttie](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ghosttie/)
 * (@ghosttie)
 * [17 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-breadcrumb-navxt-v3-doesnt-work-parse-error/#post-865819)
 * Thanks, it works now
 * I sent them a support ticket on PHP5 today, we’ll see
 *  [John Havlik](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mtekk/)
 * (@mtekk)
 * [17 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-breadcrumb-navxt-v3-doesnt-work-parse-error/#post-865823)
 * One other thing you could try to get PHP5 support is to add the following to 
   your .htaccess:
 * `AddType x-mapp-php5 .php`
 * That works on some hosts, otherwise if your host provides cPanel, it may have
   a user controlled PHP version switcher (I’ve seen PHP4/5/6 concurrently available).
 * I’m kinda surprised those two things were the only things that are PHP5 only.
 * -John Havlik
 *  Thread Starter [ghosttie](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ghosttie/)
 * (@ghosttie)
 * [17 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-breadcrumb-navxt-v3-doesnt-work-parse-error/#post-865876)
 * My hosting company has agreed to move my site to a virtual server that has PHP5
   installed
 *  [joaociocca](https://wordpress.org/support/users/joaociocca/)
 * (@joaociocca)
 * [17 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-breadcrumb-navxt-v3-doesnt-work-parse-error/#post-865877)
 * I’m having this error when I try to activate – it started happening after upgrading
   to v3…
 * Fatal error: Cannot redeclare class bcn_breadcrumb in /home/p32528/public_html/
   wp-content/plugins/breadcrumb-navxt/breadcrumb_navxt_class.php on line 28
 *  [John Havlik](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mtekk/)
 * (@mtekk)
 * [17 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-breadcrumb-navxt-v3-doesnt-work-parse-error/#post-865891)
 * With the redeclare errors PHP should tell your where it was previously declared,
   what does it say there?
 * One way to make this message show up is to activate the administrative interface
   and then try to activate the core plugin. When using the administrative interface
   it is the only plug-in of the set that needs to be activated.
 * -John Havlik
 *  [joaociocca](https://wordpress.org/support/users/joaociocca/)
 * (@joaociocca)
 * [17 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-breadcrumb-navxt-v3-doesnt-work-parse-error/#post-865892)
 * yeah, this error only shows up when I load first the admin interface and later
   the core. only way I could run my blog again was removing completely the tag 
   from the layout.
 * but no, that’s the only error that shows up, it won’t tell where it was previously
   declared… thanks for the reply tough
 *  [John Havlik](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mtekk/)
 * (@mtekk)
 * [17 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-breadcrumb-navxt-v3-doesnt-work-parse-error/#post-865912)
 * Don’t have both the administrative interface and core plugin activated at the
   same time (has been the rule since 2.0). If you want to use the administrative
   interface only activate the administrative interface plugin.
 * If something else is causing it then you probably should enable the wp_debug 
   setting in your wp-config then you’ll get full warning and error reporting.
 *  Thread Starter [ghosttie](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ghosttie/)
 * (@ghosttie)
 * [17 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-breadcrumb-navxt-v3-doesnt-work-parse-error/#post-865945)
 * I don’t get why there are two versions of the plugin – why would you not want
   the admin interface?
 *  [John Havlik](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mtekk/)
 * (@mtekk)
 * [17 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-breadcrumb-navxt-v3-doesnt-work-parse-error/#post-865949)
 * The administrative interface adds 2 entries to the wp_options table (one for 
   the version (of the options array) and one holding the options array). On every
   page there will be one DB query just for getting the options, some people try
   to optimize as much as they can which one DB query less is important for them.
   When directly accessing the bcn_breadcrumb_trail (usually only used with the 
   core plugin) the user is able to do things that can not be done through the administrative
   interface.
 * Additionally, it is two plugins for historical reasons. Originally, there was
   only the core. I added the administrative interface to Breadcrumb Navigation 
   XT 1.9 to make it easier for users to add and customize breadcrumb trails to 
   their blogs. Very few people that have read the installation instructions on 
   the project page on my blog have had the issue joaociocca had (it explicitly 
   states: “Note: Do not enable both plug-ins at the same time.”). I’ve changed 
   the wording to “Do not have both plug-ins enabled at the same time.” to make 
   the intent more clear (the old message was a little ambiguous).

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