Fatal error activating content dock

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#1

Hello,
I initially installed and activated content dock back in june but only started working on it early september. In between the new version update of X was made and so when I started working on content dock it was still the version 1.1.1. I soon encountered problems with content dock and decided to deactivate it and delete it to re-install it directly from the X dashboard. I know have installed content dock 2.0.2 and when I try to activate it I get this fatal error message:
Parse error: syntax error, unexpected ‘[’ in /data/17/2/112/50/2601213/user/2852988/htdocs/NAPAVALLEYTOURS/wordpress1/wp-content/plugins/tco-content-dock/tco-content-dock.php on line 115

What can I do to fix it?
Thank you,
Cheers.
JP

#2

Hi There,

Can you confirm that you are fully updated? (Theme and Plugins)

You can find the latest version numbers here: (http://theme.co/changelog/) Then you can compare them to what’s installed on your site.

If you find anything to be out of date, you can review our update guide.

#3

Hello,
Yes I have checked and everything is updated to match the changelog you linked. I deactivated all third party plugins but no change. I also went to my FTP to find the tco-content-dock.php and I cannot open it from there it shows an error there also to open it.
I am running on PHP 5.3 and am worried to change to 7.0 as several different compatibility test programs identified errors for cornerstone and ubermenu 3 on 7.0.

Cheers
JP

#4

Hi JP,

You can’t stay at PHP version 5.3 either, WordPress recommends 5.6 or higher. This is the same error in other plugins where PHP version is too old, plus I strongly recommend to upgrade your PHP due to security risk using older versions.

Backup your entire site including the database before you update.

Thanks,

#5

Hey there,

Updated to PHP 5.6 and everything is back to normal!!
Thank you,

JP

#6

Glad to hear that :slight_smile: