I just finished setting up wordpress 3.1 on my server. I transferred all files to my ftp in the plugins folder and when I went to wordpress>plugins I tried to activate the plugin and its giving me this error:

Parse error: syntax error, unexpected $end in /home/content/82/7556082/html/wp-content/plugins/buddypress/bp-core/bp-core-templatetags.php on line 49

not sure if this is a chmod 777 problem or something else that might be triggering this error but I am trying to fix this myself but someone may be able to help me out. Thanks in advance.

[@junvette Member 15 years ago]

I’m also having a problem with activaing BuddyPress. I’ve just done a fresh install of WordPress 3.1.

I tried the automatic install from within WordPress and it just sits at the following message and doesn’t go any further. I’ve let it site for half an hour:
Installing Plugin: BuddyPress 1.2.8
Downloading install package from https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/buddypress.1.2.8.zip…

I’ve also tried to install manually. I’ve uploaded the “buddypress” folder to the “wp-content/plugins” folder and when I go into WordPress Plugins and try to activate, I receive the following message:
Error 500 – Internal server error
An internal server error has occured!
Please try again later.

I’m using 1and1 hosting…. any suggestions?

Thanks,

[@mercime Participant 14 years, 12 months ago]

@bhain3s BP 1.2.8?

@junvette issues reported re 1 and 1 hosting
https://buddypress.org/community/groups/installing-buddypress/forum/topic/error-500-internal-server-error-an-internal-server-error-has-occured-please/#post-23821

[@bhain3s Member 14 years, 12 months ago]

yes buddypress 1.2.8 I looked at the particular line it was talkin about in the error and here is the whole function where the error started….

if ( (int)$this->total_member_count && (int)$this->pag_num ) {
$this->pag_links = paginate_links( array(
‘base’ => add_query_arg( ‘upage’, ‘%#%’ ),
‘format’ => ”,
‘total’ => ceil( (int)$this->total_member_count / (int)$this->pag_num ),
‘current’ => (int)$this->pag_page,
‘prev_text’ => ‘←’,
‘next_text’ => ‘→’,
‘mid_size’ => 1
) );

[@bhain3s Member 14 years, 12 months ago]

maybe it has something to do with the membor count starting out as zero or no members atall or something Im lost, should I turn WP_ERROR off and that might bypass this?

[@r-a-y Keymaster 14 years, 12 months ago]

bhain3s – Your error sounds like BuddyPress was partially uploaded and activated. If possible, try a manual upload to your /wp-content/plugins/ directory and reactivate BP:

Download

[@junvette Member 14 years, 11 months ago]

@mercime Thank you!!! It was my .htaccess file.

I had to add the following line to the end of my .htaccess file. This tells the webserver to user PHP5 instead of PHP4 (for anyone that doesn’t know). I had to do this with my other 1and1 hosted sites, including my Joomla sites.

AddType x-mapp-php5 .php

[@mercime Participant 14 years, 11 months ago]

@JunVette Glad you resolved it and thanks for sharing your solution.