Problem running Mobile Joomla on PHP 5.3

I am currently trying to install Mobile Joomla on our Joomla site version 1.5.
Our website is currently running in PHP 5.3. and I am getting errors like the one below:

Parse error: parse error, expecting `'('' in plugins\mobile\terawurfl.php on line 53

In my local server I tried installing PHP 5.2.9 and the error did not occur.
Does this mean that Mobile Joomla is not yet compatible with PHP 5.3?

Is there any way on how I can make this work in PHP 5.3 without updating the php.ini file? Currently, I don't have access to the said file as we have third-party company hosting our website and i'm only allowed to do changes on the site content and not on the setup.

Thank you very much.

I have PHP 5.3.4 on my test server, and MJ works well here.

dryabov wrote:


have you ever encountered any parse error like the one i posted earlier?

No, I have few notices/warnings in error_log from other extensions, but none from MJ.

dryabov wrote:


When accessing the administrator page for joomla then clicking on Mobile Joomla Plugin, i also encounter the following error:

Parse error: parse error in D:\inetpub\vhosts\XXXXX\httpdocs\XXXXXX\administrator\components\com_mobilejoomla\admin.mobilejoomla.php on line 15

Code Snippet of admin.mobilejoomla.php

if(version_compare(JVERSION,'1.6.0','ge') &&
!(JFactory::getUser()->authorise('core.manage', 'com_mobilejoomla')))
return JError::raiseWarning(403, JText::_('JERROR_ALERTNOAUTHOR'));

jimport('joomla.filesystem.file');
jimport('joomla.filesystem.folder');
jimport('joomla.event.dispatcher');

I was wondering if I need to adjust anything in the plugin settings to run php files.
Is this a version compatibility issue?
In local server, i'm using php 5.2.9-2 and it works.
But in my test server, i'm using php 5.3 and both error occurs.

What PHP5.3 subversion do you use? I tested on 5.3.4, but it's not the latest one.

dryabov wrote:


Sorry for the incorrect info.
Our website is currently running on the following specs:

PHP: 5.1.6-15.el5
MYSQL: 5.0.22-2.1.0.1
APACHE: 2.59-rhel5.build83071218.18

Unfortunately, I cannot test this environment now (all my test servers have Apache 2.2.x, and PHP 5.1 is compatible with Apache 2.0.x only; the only workaround could be to run PHP 5.1 in CGI mode and I'll try to test this way later).

Just run MJ on PHP5.1.6, no errors found. So, I don't know what to suggest.

dryabov wrote:


have you encountered any issues using the plugin on joomla sites running on linux servers?