Title: syntax error
Last modified: March 8, 2021

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# syntax error

 *  Resolved [Shrik](https://wordpress.org/support/users/saowp/)
 * (@saowp)
 * [5 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/syntax-error-208/)
 * After the latest update, my site crashed. Going to recovery mode, this was the
   message:
 * > An error of type E_PARSE was caused in line 627 of the file /var/www/html/wp-
   > content/plugins/simple-history/loggers/SimpleLogger.php. Error message: syntax
   > error, unexpected ‘)’
 * WordPress 5.6.2
    PHP 7.2.24

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 *  [johanlinder](https://wordpress.org/support/users/johanlinder/)
 * (@johanlinder)
 * [5 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/syntax-error-208/#post-14148040)
 * Latest version does not work on php 7.2, read next post on this.
 *  Thread Starter [Shrik](https://wordpress.org/support/users/saowp/)
 * (@saowp)
 * [5 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/syntax-error-208/#post-14148062)
 * Thanks for the response, [@johanlinder](https://wordpress.org/support/users/johanlinder/)
   The plugin still mentions “PHP Version:
    5.6 or higher”
 *  [blindmikey](https://wordpress.org/support/users/blindmikey/)
 * (@blindmikey)
 * [5 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/syntax-error-208/#post-14148161)
 * This just brought down my client’s site that’s running on 7.3
 *  [blindmikey](https://wordpress.org/support/users/blindmikey/)
 * (@blindmikey)
 * [5 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/syntax-error-208/#post-14148165)
 * Parse error: syntax error, unexpected ‘)’ in /home/curagohealth/public_html/app/
   plugins/simple-history/loggers/SimpleLogger.php on line 627
 *  [johanlinder](https://wordpress.org/support/users/johanlinder/)
 * (@johanlinder)
 * [5 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/syntax-error-208/#post-14148196)
 * My client sites on php 7.3 and 7.4 still worked, but I replaced this plugin with
   another one now. I can not trust it any longer, sorry.
 *  [blindmikey](https://wordpress.org/support/users/blindmikey/)
 * (@blindmikey)
 * [5 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/syntax-error-208/#post-14148215)
 * I spoke too soon – I thought the site was on 7.3 – but was on 7.2.
 * Looks like the plugin author has *just* patched this.
 *  Plugin Author [Pär Thernström](https://wordpress.org/support/users/eskapism/)
 * (@eskapism)
 * [5 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/syntax-error-208/#post-14148219)
 * Yes, there was an error on PHP versions that have reached end of life, i.e. 7.2
   and earlier.
 * More information in this thread:
    [https://wordpress.org/support/topic/latest-version-2-41-1-is-crashing-the-site/](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/latest-version-2-41-1-is-crashing-the-site/)

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 * Last reply from: [Pär Thernström](https://wordpress.org/support/users/eskapism/)
 * Last activity: [5 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/syntax-error-208/#post-14148219)
 * Status: resolved