# Cron job error

**URL:** https://forum.mautic.org/t/cron-job-error/5102
**Category:** Product Support
**Created:** [August 29, 2016, 2:02pm UTC](https://forum.mautic.org/t/cron-job-error/5102 "2016-08-29T14:02:43Z")
**Posts on this page:** 5
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### Author: ![zevik](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.mautic.org/zevik/32/80_2.png) [@zevik](https://forum.mautic.org/u/zevik)
#### Post date: [August 29, 2016, 2:02pm UTC](https://forum.mautic.org/t/cron-job-error/5102/1 "2016-08-29T14:02:43Z")

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Hi,  
  
  
  
I’m getting this error in the cron jobs:

Quote:

Parse error: syntax error, unexpected '  
any idea what thats mean and how fix this?  
Thanks.

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### Author: ![raymondkent](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.mautic.org/raymondkent/32/412_2.png) [@raymondkent](https://forum.mautic.org/u/raymondkent)
#### Post date: [September 4, 2016, 4:05am UTC](https://forum.mautic.org/t/cron-job-error/5102/2 "2016-09-04T04:05:50Z")

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This is the recommended version for V2.1.1

PHP 5.6.25

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### Author: ![zevik](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.mautic.org/zevik/32/80_2.png) [@zevik](https://forum.mautic.org/u/zevik)
#### Post date: [August 29, 2016, 2:02pm UTC](https://forum.mautic.org/t/cron-job-error/5102/3 "2016-08-29T14:02:43Z")

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Hi,

I’m getting this error in the cron jobs:

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> Parse error: syntax error, unexpected ‘[’ in /home/dir/public\_html/my-site/vendor/guzzlehttp/psr7/src/functions.php on line 78

any idea what thats mean and how fix this?  
Thanks.

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### Author: ![crystal.harris](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b38774/32.png) [@crystal.harris](https://forum.mautic.org/u/crystal.harris)
#### Post date: [August 30, 2016, 2:49pm UTC](https://forum.mautic.org/t/cron-job-error/5102/4 "2016-08-30T14:49:37Z")

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I was getting the same; I think it happens when the PHP version your cron is running is out of date. Which version of PHP are you running?

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### Author: ![zevik](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.mautic.org/zevik/32/80_2.png) [@zevik](https://forum.mautic.org/u/zevik)
#### Post date: [September 2, 2016, 10:35am UTC](https://forum.mautic.org/t/cron-job-error/5102/5 "2016-09-02T10:35:07Z")

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PHP Version 5.6.25  
which on recommended?  
I can switch to:  
PHP 5.3.29  
PHP 5.4.45  
PHP 5.5.38  
PHP 5.6.25  
PHP 7.0.10