Parse Error: Syntax error in faq class.php

Website was working fine, did not change anything and off of a sudden i try to go to my website and see this message
“Parse error: syntax error, unexpected ‘[‘ in /home4/sammickk/public_html/wp-content/plugins/faq-wd/faq_class.php on line 27”

Removed the plugin via CPanel from my host and website is back up.
Tried to re install the plugin and when i tried to activate it, WP will not let me activate it because it generates that error again.
Here is a copy and paste of faq_class.php
`<?php

class faq_class {

protected static $instance = null;
public $cpt;
public $shortcode_tag = ‘faq_wd’;
public $post_type = ‘faq_wd’;
public $version = ‘1.0.11’;

private function __construct() {
$this->includes();
require_once ‘lang/SLangClass.php’;
FAQWDLangClass::get_instance(‘faq_wd’, ‘faq-wd’);
//new FAQWDLangClass(‘faq_wd’, ‘faq-wd’);
add_action(‘init’, array($this, ‘add_localization’));
add_action(‘wp_enqueue_scripts’, array($this, ‘register_front_end_styles’));
add_action(‘wp_enqueue_scripts’, array($this, ‘register_front_end_scripts’));
add_action(‘wp_ajax_faq_wd_vote’, array($this, ‘faq_wd_vote’));
add_action(‘wp_ajax_nopriv_faq_wd_vote’, array($this, ‘faq_wd_vote’));
add_filter(‘the_content’, array($this, ‘faqwd_custom_template’));
}

public function add_localization() {
$contLDomain = “faqwd”;
$locale = get_locale();
$path = WP_CONTENT_DIR . ‘/uploads/Languages_WD/’ . explode(‘/’, plugin_basename(__FILE__))[0] . ‘/faq-wd-‘ . $locale . ‘.mo’;
$loaded = load_textdomain($contLDomain, $path);
if (isset($_GET[‘page’]) && $_GET[‘page’] == basename(__FILE__) && !$loaded) {
echo ‘<div class=”error”> Staff Directory WD ‘ . __(‘Could not load the localization file: ‘ . $path, $contLDomain) . ‘</div>’;
return;
}
}

public function includes() {
global $faqwd_options;
include_once(‘includes/register_settings.php’);
$faqwd_options = faqwd_get_settings();
include_once(‘includes/faq_cpt_class.php’);
$this->cpt = faq_cpt::get_instance();
include_once(‘includes/shortcode.php’);
}

function register_front_end_styles() {
global $faqwd_options;
wp_register_style(‘front_end_style’, FAQ_URL . ‘css/front_end_style.css’, array(), $this->version);
wp_enqueue_style(‘front_end_style’);
wp_register_style(‘front_end_default_style’, FAQ_URL . ‘css/default.css’, array(), $this->version);
wp_enqueue_style(‘front_end_default_style’);
if (isset($faqwd_options[‘answer_scroll’]) && $faqwd_options[‘answer_scroll’] != “” && intval($faqwd_options[‘answer_scroll’] != 0)) {
$height = $faqwd_options[‘answer_scroll’];
$css = “.faqwd_answer_container{overflow-y: scroll;max-height:” . $height . “px;height:” . $height . “px}”;
wp_add_inline_style(‘front_end_style’, $css);
}
}

function register_front_end_scripts() {

wp_register_script(‘vote_button’, FAQ_URL . ‘js/vote.js’, array(‘jquery’,
‘jquery-ui-widget’), $this->version, true);
wp_enqueue_script(‘vote_button’);
wp_register_script(‘front_js’, FAQ_URL . ‘js/faq_wd_front_end.js’, array(‘jquery’,
‘jquery-ui-widget’), $this->version, true);
wp_enqueue_script(‘front_js’);

wp_localize_script(‘vote_button’, ‘faqwd’, array(‘ajaxurl’ => admin_url(‘admin-ajax.php’),
‘ajaxnonce’ => wp_create_nonce(‘faqwd_ajax_nonce’), ‘loadingText’ => __(‘Loading…’, ‘faqwd’)));
}

function faq_wd_vote() {
$post_id = $_POST[‘post_id’];
$type = $_POST[‘type’];
if ($type == ‘hits’) {
$hits = 1;
$faqwd_hits = get_post_meta($post_id, ‘faqwd_hits’, true);
if ($faqwd_hits != null) {
$hits = (int) $faqwd_hits + 1;
}

update_post_meta($post_id, ‘faqwd_hits’, $hits);
echo json_encode(array(“hits” => $hits));
die;
} else {

$count = array();
$current_ip = $_SERVER[‘REMOTE_ADDR’];
$exists_ips = get_option(‘faqwd_voted_ips’);
$exists_ips = json_decode($exists_ips, true);
if (isset($exists_ips[$post_id]) && is_array($exists_ips[$post_id])) {
if (!in_array($current_ip, $exists_ips[$post_id])) {
$exists_ips[$post_id][] = $current_ip;
$count = $this->useful_non_useful($type, $post_id);
update_option(‘faqwd_voted_ips’, json_encode($exists_ips));
} else {
$count_useful = get_post_meta($post_id, ‘faqwd_useful’, true);
(isset($count_useful) && $count_useful != ”) ? $count[‘useful’] = $count_useful : $count[‘useful’] = 0;
$count_non_useful = get_post_meta($post_id, ‘faqwd_non_useful’, true);
(isset($count_non_useful) && $count_non_useful != ”) ? $count[‘non_useful’] = $count_non_useful : $count[‘non_useful’] = 0;
}
} else {
$exists_ips[$post_id] = array($current_ip);
update_option(‘faqwd_voted_ips’, json_encode($exists_ips));
$count = $this->useful_non_useful($type, $post_id);
}
echo json_encode(array(‘useful’ => $count[‘useful’], ‘non_useful’ => $count[‘non_useful’]));
die;
}
}

function useful_non_useful($type, $id) {

$useful_arr = get_post_meta($id, ‘faqwd_useful’);
$non_useful_arr = get_post_meta($id, ‘faqwd_non_useful’);
( isset($useful_arr[0]) ) ? $useful = $useful_arr[0] : $useful = 0;
( isset($non_useful_arr[0]) ) ? $non_useful = $non_useful_arr[0] : $non_useful = 0;

if ($type == ‘useful’) {
$useful = (int) $useful + 1;
update_post_meta($id, ‘faqwd_useful’, $useful);
} else {
$non_useful = (int) $non_useful + 1;
update_post_meta($id, ‘faqwd_non_useful’, $non_useful);
}
$count = array(‘useful’ => $useful, ‘non_useful’ => $non_useful);
return $count;
}

public function faqwd_custom_template($content) {
global $post;
if (is_single()) {
if ($post->post_type == ‘faq_wd’) {
ob_start();
include(FAQ_DIR . ‘/views/faq_wd_content.php’);
$faq_content = ob_get_clean();
$content = $faq_content;
}
}
return $content;
}

/**
* Return an instance of this class.
*/
public static function get_instance() {
if (null == self::$instance) {
self::$instance = new self;
}
return self::$instance;
}

}

?>

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