Title: Plugin cannot be activated because error
Last modified: December 13, 2016

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# Plugin cannot be activated because error

 *  Resolved [iwanino](https://wordpress.org/support/users/iwanino/)
 * (@iwanino)
 * [9 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-cannot-be-activated-because-error/)
 * I downloaded the plugin but the plugin cannot be activated because error:
 * Parse error: syntax error, unexpected ‘[‘, expecting ‘,’ or ‘;’ in /home/vhosting/
   x/vhost0066712/domains/zaaltjehuren.nl/htdocs/www/wp-content/plugins/football-
   data/football_data.php on line 50

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 *  Plugin Author [webapps](https://wordpress.org/support/users/webapps/)
 * (@webapps)
 * [9 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-cannot-be-activated-because-error/#post-8546893)
 * Thanks for this, will look into it.
 *  Plugin Author [webapps](https://wordpress.org/support/users/webapps/)
 * (@webapps)
 * [9 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-cannot-be-activated-because-error/#post-8547121)
 * Hi – It seems that you are running old version of PHP. However, we have created
   a fix; Please re-download the plugin (which has now been updated) and see if 
   it now works for you?
 *  Thread Starter [iwanino](https://wordpress.org/support/users/iwanino/)
 * (@iwanino)
 * [9 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-cannot-be-activated-because-error/#post-8547312)
 * Thanks, now working, very nice! Thanks for the support.
 * PS I now updatet also my PHP to 7, was not aware that I was using 5.3…
    -  This reply was modified 9 years, 5 months ago by [iwanino](https://wordpress.org/support/users/iwanino/).
 *  Plugin Author [webapps](https://wordpress.org/support/users/webapps/)
 * (@webapps)
 * [9 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-cannot-be-activated-because-error/#post-8547643)
 * Great! Thanks for confirming.

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 * Last reply from: [webapps](https://wordpress.org/support/users/webapps/)
 * Last activity: [9 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-cannot-be-activated-because-error/#post-8547643)
 * Status: resolved