Error at installation

[MichelleDW]

I'm an utter newbie at this and have very little experience with PHP. I just uploaded the "oscommerce" folder of version 3.0.2 to the public_html directory of my website. I went to http://www.mysite.com/oscommerce/ and immediately got the following error:

 

Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_STRING, expecting T_CONSTANT_ENCAPSED_STRING or '(' in /home/mysite/public_html/oscommerce/index.php on line 9

 

This is the contents of index.php:

 

<?php
/**
* osCommerce Online Merchant
*
* @copyright Copyright (c) 2011 osCommerce; http://www.oscommerce.com
* @license BSD License; http://www.oscommerce.com/bsdlicense.txt
*/
 use osCommerce\OM\Core\Autoloader;
 use osCommerce\OM\Core\OSCOM;
 define('OSCOM_TIMESTAMP_START', microtime());
 error_reporting(E_ALL | E_STRICT);
 define('OSCOM_PUBLIC_BASE_DIRECTORY', __DIR__ . '/');
 require('osCommerce/OM/Core/Autoloader.php');
 $OSCOM_Autoloader = new Autoloader('osCommerce\OM');
 $OSCOM_Autoloader->register();
 OSCOM::initialize();
 require($OSCOM_Template->getTemplateFile());
?>

 

How can I fix this?

 

Should I just try to install the earlier version?

[MichelleDW]

I just figured out my problem, installed version 2.3.1 successfully. I would've deleted or edited this post, but it doesn't seem like I can.

[♥geoffreywalton]

Much better solution.

 

If you want some useful posts on how osc works and what needs configuring pop over to my profile.

 

Enjoy

 

G

[MichelleDW]

Thank you so much. I had my last shopping cart hacked and know the problems that can ensue. Not only that, but all the basic instruction on getting my store working is amazing. I went into this blind, but I'm going to be an OSC expert when I'm done reading all your material & linked info!