Unexpected "$ in display.php" on line 484

[aronick]

I installed the program and when I went to run the admin index file, I got the following error:

Parse error: parse error, unexpected $ in /forum-news/admin/display.php on line 484

Does anyone know what I've done wrong?

Thanks.

[Patrick]

You have probably done nothing wrong but somehow got ahold of a bad version from someone.

Follow these steps:
1. Remove the entire forum-news folder and its contents.
2. Download the official script at http://www.ep-dev.com/scripts-5.php
3. Unzip script.
4. Upload script's forum-news folder to your site.
5. Visit yoursite.com/forum-news/admin/index.php in your browser.

If you are still having problems then try the following:

Open up forum-news/admin/display.php and at the very of the the file add a new line containing:

?> 

[aronick]

I tried both suggestions you gave, and it is still giving me the same error. Can you think of anything else it might be?

[Patrick]

Well, you can always open up the file and see what is on line 484.

As I already said, the script from ep-dev.com just has "}" on line 484.