Installatiom problem

Tried installation from directory, zip file previously unzipped and FTPed to host in <mysite>/joomla/tmp

I got this error:

Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_STRING in /*****/*****/joomla/administrator/components/com_chronoforums/chronoforums.php on line 38

joomla 2.5
chronoforum 1.0 RC11 (downloaded sun nov 24 2013)

Any hint?
Thanks in advance
Claudio

Hi Caludio,

Please make sure that you have PHP 5.3 or later with PDO enabled, this is the default for any modern web script including Joomla 3

Regards,
Max

Hi Claudio,
Please make sure that you have PHP 5.3 or later with PDO enabled, this is the default for any modern web script including Joomla 3
Regards,
Max

Just checked. PHP version 5.3

Not sure about PDO (How to check for it?)

Thanks
Claudio

Hi Claudio,

Are you 100% sure its 5.3 ? the error is raised because of using the namespace, which is a PHP 5.3 core feature, what's the exact version you have ?

Regards,
Max

The host is altervista.
Attached there's a pic taken from altervista control panel.

Is there any further check I can do?

Hi Claudio,

Please go to the "System information" page in your Joomla admin and check the PHP information area for the PHP version running.

Regards,
Max

Please go to the "System information" page in your Joomla admin and check the PHP information area for the PHP version running.

Max, you're 100% right.
Despite what the host says, the joomla "system info" page tells that the PHP version optimized for joomla is

5.2.17

I will check if joomla 2.5.4 can update php to 5.3 or not.

Thank you!
Claudio