New install - Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_STRING, expecting T_CONSTANT_ENCAPSED_STRING

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Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_STRING, expecting T_CONSTANT_ENCAPSED_STRING or ‘(’ in /home/user/public_html/piwikfolder/index.php on line 11

line 11 as follows:

use Piwik\Error;

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did you ensure you dowloaded archive in binary forat? what php version is this running under?

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php 5.2.17

downloaded from here: Get Piwik - Analytics Platform - Matomo
assume it’s zipped in binary?

uploaded via filezilla binary

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i think the version ineeds to be at least 5.2.4 but i have seen others go to 5.3.3 and eliminate alot of problems

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thanks, that was it, upgraded php to 5.4.22 and all is well