Parse error: syntax error...

[jancarlo]

Hi, if I go to the Admin CP or try to do an Upgrade I give me this error:
Parse error: syntax error, unexpected '=', expecting ')' in /home2/playanue/public_html/includes/functions_misc.php on line 759

Can you help me? Thank you

[Wayne Luke]

Please use the config file to disable the plugin system.

To do this, edit your vBulletin config.php file currently on the server by adding the following line after the <?php line:

define('DISABLE_HOOKS', true);

Then reupload the config.php file into your forum's includes folder.

Afterward, go to the ACP -> Plugins & Products and under both 'Manage Products' and 'Plugin Manager' disable all non-vB products and plugins.

Make sure to go to both the 'Manage Products' and 'Plugin Manager' locations.

Then remove that line from the config file.

Does the problem still happen?

[jancarlo]

Hi Wayne Luke nothing happens, the error remains

[jancarlo]

[Mark.B]

What version of php?
What version of vBulletin?

[jancarlo]

hi.
the version I uploaded vBulletin is the 4-2-4
the version PHP is the 4.5.45

[Mark.B]

php 4? That's completely unsupported. It's more than a decade old.

Or do you mean 5.4.45?

Either way, that's your issue.
vBulletin 4.2.4 will ONLY run on either php 5.5, or php 5.6. Nothing else.

[jancarlo]

oops sorry, the php is: 5.4.45

[Mark.B]

oops sorry, the php is: 5.4.45

Ok...well, as mentioned above, for vBulletin 4.2.4 you need to be running either php 5.5 or php 5.6.
php 5.4 will not work with vBulletin 4.2.4.

[Wayne Luke]

Ask your host to upgrade to PHP 5.6. Or look for a switch in your cPanel to change it.