Title: Problem on activation
Last modified: February 2, 2018

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# Problem on activation

 *  Resolved [opsec](https://wordpress.org/support/users/opsec/)
 * (@opsec)
 * [8 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-on-activation/)
 * Plugin could not be activated because it triggered a fatal error.
 * Parse error: syntax error, unexpected ‘__FILE__’ (T_FILE), expecting identifier(
   T_STRING) in /wp-content/plugins/fv-code-highlighter/fv-code-highlighter.php 
   on line 15
 * The page I need help with: _[[log in](https://login.wordpress.org/?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwordpress.org%2Fsupport%2Ftopic%2Fproblem-on-activation%2F%3Foutput_format%3Dmd&locale=en_US)
   to see the link]_

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 *  Plugin Author [Frank Verhoeven](https://wordpress.org/support/users/frankverhoeven/)
 * (@frankverhoeven)
 * [8 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-on-activation/#post-9935666)
 * What PHP version do you have installed?
 *  Thread Starter [opsec](https://wordpress.org/support/users/opsec/)
 * (@opsec)
 * [8 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-on-activation/#post-9945151)
 * Current PHP Version: 5.6.98
 *  Plugin Author [Frank Verhoeven](https://wordpress.org/support/users/frankverhoeven/)
 * (@frankverhoeven)
 * [8 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-on-activation/#post-9974103)
 * The fatal error was caused by a compatibility issue with PHP 5. The latest release(
   2.0.5) fixes the issue, but nevertheless I encourage you to upgrade to PHP 7.
   Support for PHP 5 will be dropped in a future release.
 * Frank

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 * Last reply from: [Frank Verhoeven](https://wordpress.org/support/users/frankverhoeven/)
 * Last activity: [8 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-on-activation/#post-9974103)
 * Status: resolved