MainWP Dashboard 5.3.5 – 2-6-2025 - Syntax Error - WP Critical Error

[joelt (Joel Tanis)]

Just a heads up!
I just updated my site with MainWP Dashboard 5.3.5 and got a Critical error on WordPress.

Error Details

An error of type E_PARSE was caused in line 775 of the file /wp-content/plugins/mainwp/class/class-mainwp-hooks.php. Error message: syntax error, unexpected ‘:’, expecting ‘)’

Line 775:
} elseif ( ! is_object( value: $website ) || ! property_exists( $website, ‘id’ ) ) {

I edited to:
} elseif ( ! is_object( $website ) || ! property_exists( $website, ‘id’ ) ) {

This edit fixed the problem for me.

[bojan (Bojan Katusic)]

Hey @joelt

Thanks for the report.

We are aware of the issue and the hotfix release will be out shortly.

It manifests itself only on Dashboard sites with the PHP version below v8.

[bojan (Bojan Katusic)]

Thanks for reporting this to us.

We have now released a hotfix v5.3.5.1 which resolves the issue on PHP versions ≥7.4 and <8.0.

Changelog

5.3.5.1 – 2-6-2025

• Fixed: Resolved a syntax error caused by the incorrect use of a named argument, ensuring compatibility with PHP 7.x and earlier versions.