I have Drupal 7 with all core updates and all module updates current. On May 27, 2017, I installed protected_node 7.x-1.3. Before I finished the update process, my site crashed. All I can see on any page is the following error message:

Parse error: syntax error, unexpected '[' in /home/content/13/10151313/html/sites/all/modules/protected_node/protected_node.module on line 1514

I looked at the line in question and it appears to be properly formed.

I deleted the folder for protected_node from the website and my site will come back up, although with errors about not having protected_node. I don't use this a whole lot on the site, but I probably have two or three pages which use the module.

I attempted to reinstall the module through the module administration area but had the same results.

Am I missing something?

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#6 protected_node-fix_crash_old_php-2881988-6.patch688 bytestostinni
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jwickwire created an issue. See original summary.

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Hello,

What is your PHP version?

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PHP version 5.3.24

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Status: Active » Closed (works as designed)

Hello @jwickwire,

I think your PHP version does not support preparing an array and passing it as a function parameter directly.

As you are on an unsupported PHP version, see: http://php.net/supported-versions.php, and even Drupal 7 recommand PHP 5.4 as a minimum https://www.drupal.org/docs/7/system-requirements/php, please update your PHP (to 5.6.*).

If after updating your PHP version you still got an error, feel free to post a comment and I will re-open the issue.

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Thanks so much for the help. Got it working.

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Status: Closed (works as designed) » Needs review
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@Grimreaper, I agree that D7 requirements recommends PHP 5.4 but 5.2 and 5.3 are supposed to be supported even if they're in EOL.
So can we implement a simple fix like this to keep this compatibility ?

Thanks a lot.

  • Grimreaper committed f1cebba on 7.x-1.x authored by tostinni 
    Issue #2881988 by tostinni, jwickwire, Grimreaper: Update module in...
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Status: Needs review » Fixed

Hello,

The patch has been merged.

New release 7.x-1.4 is available: https://www.drupal.org/project/protected_node/releases/7.x-1.4

Status: Fixed » Closed (fixed)

Automatically closed - issue fixed for 2 weeks with no activity.