Title: Syntax error in DatabaseHandler.php on line 120 Last modified: September 25, 2018 --- # Syntax error in DatabaseHandler.php on line 120 * Resolved [stuffmc](https://wordpress.org/support/users/stuffmc/) * (@stuffmc) * [7 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/syntax-error-in-databasehandler-php-on-line-120/) * Plugin cannot be activated because: * Parse error: syntax error, unexpected ‘[‘ in /mnt/web124/e1/47/51449547/htdocs/ wp-content/plugins/content-protector/src/sessions/DatabaseHandler.php on line 120 * This is 3.1.3 Viewing 10 replies - 1 through 10 (of 10 total) * [patrickposner](https://wordpress.org/support/users/patrickposner/) * (@patrickposner) * [7 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/syntax-error-in-databasehandler-php-on-line-120/#post-10722758) * Hey [@stuffmc](https://wordpress.org/support/users/stuffmc/), * thanks for your input. User like you help me to improve the plugin and fix all upcoming errors in Passster. * Many thanks for that! * I released version 3.1.4 a minute ago. Please upgrade, this should fix your problem. * Best regards, Patrick * Thread Starter [stuffmc](https://wordpress.org/support/users/stuffmc/) * (@stuffmc) * [7 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/syntax-error-in-databasehandler-php-on-line-120/#post-10723859) * Thanks! * I can upgrade, but the code `[content_protector password=“foo“]bar[/content_protector]` isn’t working anymore — or was it not the one from your plugin?! 🙂 * [patrickposner](https://wordpress.org/support/users/patrickposner/) * (@patrickposner) * [7 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/syntax-error-in-databasehandler-php-on-line-120/#post-10726122) * Hey [@stuffmc](https://wordpress.org/support/users/stuffmc/), * sure! You can use the old one: `content_protector` or the new one: `passster`. * The part with the password is still the same. * Okay, so let’s go step by step: * 1) Try to use the new shortcode instead of the old: `[passster password="foo"] bar[/passster]` * 2) Go to Settings->Passster and “Save settings” in the first tab called “Shortcode” * 3) Come back and tell me whats going on 🙂 * Best regards, Patrick * Thread Starter [stuffmc](https://wordpress.org/support/users/stuffmc/) * (@stuffmc) * [7 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/syntax-error-in-databasehandler-php-on-line-120/#post-10727843) * Did 1) — doesn’t change the fact that the shortcode is displayed on the website. * Where is “Settings->Passtter”, can you put a screenshot of where it is? * [patrickposner](https://wordpress.org/support/users/patrickposner/) * (@patrickposner) * [7 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/syntax-error-in-databasehandler-php-on-line-120/#post-10728005) * Hey [@stuffmc](https://wordpress.org/support/users/stuffmc/), * sure. Follow the link to see where you can find the settings: [https://passster.io/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/passster-find-settings.png](https://passster.io/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/passster-find-settings.png) * Best regards, Patrick * Thread Starter [stuffmc](https://wordpress.org/support/users/stuffmc/) * (@stuffmc) * [7 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/syntax-error-in-databasehandler-php-on-line-120/#post-10728026) * Thanks. That’s what I was afraid of. There’s no “Passter” in “Settings” for me. * Any idea why? * [patrickposner](https://wordpress.org/support/users/patrickposner/) * (@patrickposner) * [7 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/syntax-error-in-databasehandler-php-on-line-120/#post-10728089) * Hey [@stuffmc](https://wordpress.org/support/users/stuffmc/), * oh! Than must be something really wrong. * Did you use the current version (3.1.4)? * Maybe you could add an administrator account for me and send the details to [hello@patrickposner.de](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/syntax-error-in-databasehandler-php-on-line-120/hello@patrickposner.de?output_format=md) so I can have a look at it directly? * That would be great. This wise you don’t have to debug all the things with me 🙂 * Best regards, Patrick * Thread Starter [stuffmc](https://wordpress.org/support/users/stuffmc/) * (@stuffmc) * [7 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/syntax-error-in-databasehandler-php-on-line-120/#post-10731792) * Folks — to sum up (and close this thread), Patrick was VERY helpful and discovered my hoster was still running PHP 5.3. * I upgraded to 5.6 and will soon upgrade to 7.0 when I have the feedback that everything works fine in 5.6. * Dunno if it’s clear enough somewhere that this plugin should only work in 5.6— I totally understand it makes no sense to support 5.3! * This plugin is awesome and I can only recommend it! * [rlopes123](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rlopes123/) * (@rlopes123) * [7 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/syntax-error-in-databasehandler-php-on-line-120/#post-10838712) * I still have the same issue, I have the latest Version 3.1.5, “syntax error, unexpected ‘[‘ in /home5/rosannal/ttmsimson.rosannalopes.com/wp/wp-content/plugins/ content-protector/src/sessions/DatabaseHandler.php on line 120” * [patrickposner](https://wordpress.org/support/users/patrickposner/) * (@patrickposner) * [7 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/syntax-error-in-databasehandler-php-on-line-120/#post-10839440) * Hey [@rlopes123](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rlopes123/), * thanks for your report. Can you tell me which PHP version do you use? * Best regards, Patrick Viewing 10 replies - 1 through 10 (of 10 total) The topic ‘Syntax error in DatabaseHandler.php on line 120’ is closed to new replies. * ![](https://ps.w.org/content-protector/assets/icon-256x256.png?rev=2206760) * [Passster - Password Protect Pages and Content](https://wordpress.org/plugins/content-protector/) * [Frequently Asked Questions](https://wordpress.org/plugins/content-protector/#faq) * [Support Threads](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/content-protector/) * [Active Topics](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/content-protector/active/) * [Unresolved Topics](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/content-protector/unresolved/) * [Reviews](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/content-protector/reviews/) ## Tags * [database](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/database/) * [db](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/db/) * [php](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/php/) * 10 replies * 3 participants * Last reply from: [patrickposner](https://wordpress.org/support/users/patrickposner/) * Last activity: [7 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/syntax-error-in-databasehandler-php-on-line-120/#post-10839440) * Status: resolved