Parse Error when trying to activate Easy WP SMTP plugin on my site

  • Hello,

    I attempted to activate the Easy WP SMTP plugin but could not do so. I also received the following message each time so I’m not sure what to do at this point to have it installed properly. Any help is appreciated. Thanks.

    Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_FUNCTION in /home4/cmmpmedo/public_html/wp-content/plugins/easy-wp-smtp/easy-wp-smtp.php on line 214

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  • Hi, what PHP version is your sever running?

    Thank you

    Thread Starter bjasper03

    (@bjasper03)

    Thanks for your reply. It says it’s running PHP version: 5.2.17.

    Hi, PHP version 5.2.17 is very old and not supported anymore. Please check the following documentation. I recommend that you ask your host to upgrade to version 7.2 if possible.

    Kind regards

    Thread Starter bjasper03

    (@bjasper03)

    I understand. I have went in to my web host site (Bluehost) and upgraded to 5.6 and I’m waiting to have this take affect to see if the plugins will work with that version. I have the ability to upgrade to 7.0 but this still says it’s the Beta version. Any recommendations with the 5.6 version?

    Hi, let me know what happens once your 5.6 version is fully running in your site. Currently I am using PHP 7.2.x in my server and it works really well ??

    Regards

    Thread Starter bjasper03

    (@bjasper03)

    Will do. Thanks.

    Thread Starter bjasper03

    (@bjasper03)

    Hello, I was able to update the PHP of the site (now at 7.0.31), and get the activation to work. I then attempted to contact the host (Bluehost) for the requested SMTP information in settings, and after inputting everything I could not get the test email to work. I received the following error code.

    SMTP ERROR: Failed to connect to server: (0)SMTP connect() failed. https://github.com/PHPMailer/PHPMailer/wiki/Troubleshooting

    The rep from Bluehost recommended I reach out with the sites PHP info to see if there was a compatibility issue.

    https://www.cmmpmed.org/info.php

    Any thoughts on what it could be at this point?

    Hi, did you try the following troubleshooting steps?

    https://github.com/PHPMailer/PHPMailer/wiki/Troubleshooting

    Thread Starter bjasper03

    (@bjasper03)

    Unfortunately, this is all a foreign language to me. I really wouldn’t know where to begin to troubleshoot the steps mention at the link. Any advice on how to simplify the process (if possible) would be helpful. Thanks.

    Hi, unfortunately there is not much more I can do to help you. The instructions are fairly straight forward, for those who understand those steps. You will have to hire someone who has more knowledge than you, or speak to your host and see if they can help you. Another option is to try a different plugin.

    Kind regards

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