Getting Parse Error – Unexpected EOF

I got the same problem, and here is the solution:

In the file fix-category-count/inc/fix_category_count_engine.php replace all
– <?= with <?php echo
– <? (should be just one) with <?php.

This is because the author was using the short versions of the <?php tag (<? ... ?> for code and <?= ... ?> for outputs) that are usually disabled by default (and, if enabled, they can cause some collisions).

I’d also suggest adding ?> to the end of the other two PHP files, even though it’s not strictly necessary.

• This reply was modified 9 years, 4 months ago by vsego.

Correction for the fix above, you need to edit the inc/fix_category_count_admin_view.php file for this.

Here’s a link to a GitHub Gist I created with the patched files: https://gist.github.com/KZeni/5f7c14e4ea988e09d3daa8507daac1bf#file-inc-fix_category_count_admin_view-php

My gist above also modified the main fix_category_count.php file to not force a text color on the admin navigation item and modified the inc/fix_category_count_engine.php file to be more compatible with different WP database table prefixes per https://wordpress.org/support/topic/issue-in-update_category_correct_count/

It would be great to see this plugin updated to incorporate these patches.