Latest version is broken for PHP 5.2.17

  • Resolved jimoe

    (@jimoe)


    7 years, 1 month ago

    Wordpress 4.9.1
    linux 2.6.32-573.7.1.el6.x86_64 x86_64
    PHP 5.2.17

    After updating MaxButtons to v6.26.1, the blog delivered a completely blank page; the visitors find this disturbing. I suspect the reason is the rather old version of PHP: It does not recognize the keyword “namespace”.

    The error message:
    [08-Jan-2018 20:32:28] PHP Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_STRING in […]/wp/wp-content/plugins/maxbuttons/maxbuttons.php on line 14

    Is there an older version I can install while you ponder what to fix in the current version?

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  • Plugin Author Bas Schuiling

    (@basszje)

    Yes. MaxButtons doesn’t work on PHP 5.2 since a very long time.

    Frankly you should not use any PHP version much older than 5.6. PHP 7 is twice as fast. 5.2 is also unsupported, outdated, dangerous etc.

    Official support stopped for it 7 years ago – https://secure.php.net/eol.php

    Even if I could point you to an older MB version for this PHP, it probably won’t work with the latest WP version.

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