Title: syntax error, unexpected ‘=’
Last modified: January 21, 2023

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# syntax error, unexpected ‘=’

 *  Resolved [pmmikes](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pmmikes/)
 * (@pmmikes)
 * [3 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/syntax-error-unexpected-26/)
 *     ```wp-block-code
       An error of type E_PARSE was caused in line 597 of the file /public_html/wp-content/plugins/pods/tribe-common/src/Tribe/Date_Utils.php. Error message: syntax error, unexpected '='
       ```
   
 * I’m receiving the above error, forcing my site into recovery mode. It’s only 
   started happening since the latest update of the pods plugin.

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 *  Plugin Author [Scott Kingsley Clark](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sc0ttkclark/)
 * (@sc0ttkclark)
 * [3 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/syntax-error-unexpected-26/#post-16396713)
 * I’ve got a fix for this that resolves this issue with PHP 5.6-7.0 sites, can 
   you try updating to this pre-release build of Pods 2.9.11.1 — if that works for
   you then I’ll release that shortly.
 * [https://github.com/pods-framework/pods/archive/refs/heads/release/2.9.11.1.zip](https://github.com/pods-framework/pods/archive/refs/heads/release/2.9.11.1.zip)
 * The specific error you are seeing here was from PHP 7.1+ code from a library 
   we have implemented.
 *  Thread Starter [pmmikes](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pmmikes/)
 * (@pmmikes)
 * [3 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/syntax-error-unexpected-26/#post-16396941)
 * Thanks very much, that seems to be working for me. I did wonder if it was a php
   issue – i’ll look to upgrading to 7.1+ when possible.
 * Thanks again
    -  This reply was modified 3 years, 4 months ago by [pmmikes](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pmmikes/).
 *  [Tesa Iglesias](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tesaiglesias/)
 * (@tesaiglesias)
 * [3 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/syntax-error-unexpected-26/#post-16397016)
 * Hi. I had the same problem and this solution worked for me.
   Thanks
 *  Plugin Author [Scott Kingsley Clark](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sc0ttkclark/)
 * (@sc0ttkclark)
 * [3 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/syntax-error-unexpected-26/#post-16400877)
 * Pods 2.9.11.1 is now officially released, if you downloaded it from GitHub before,
   be sure to download the final official version from wordpress.org to get the 
   final version.

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 * Last activity: [3 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/syntax-error-unexpected-26/#post-16400877)
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