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So I successfully installed CiviCRM and most things are running well but I can't install extensions.

From Gui I get to the "Download and Install button and the installation fails with:

WARNING: The downloader may be unable to download files which require HTTP redirection. This may be a configuration issue with PHP's open_basedir or safe_mode. Unable to extract the extension. Extension Upgrade Failed Download failed - ZIP file is unavailable or malformed

Manual I download and expand the zip file in the extensions directory It shows up as a local install When I click the "Install" button:

the browser shows an address of (myserver)/drupal/index.php?q=civicrm/admin/extensions And the message is: This page isn’t working (myserver) is currently unable to handle this request. HTTP ERROR 500

I suspect some sort of PHP error but I don't know what the solution is.

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  • So I've found part of the problem which deals with the manual install. It turns out the error was with one specific extension, the Mailchimp extension. In my server logs i found: "PHP Parse error: syntax error, unexpected '[' in /home/e-smith/files/ibays/drupal/html/sites/default/files/civicrm/custom_ext/uk.co.vedaconsulting.mailchimp-2.0.1/mailchimp.php on line 318"
    – Stephen Sloan
    Commented Jun 9, 2018 at 19:15
  • Line 318 reads: " $js_safe_object = [ ];" Other extensions install OK using the manual method.
    – Stephen Sloan
    Commented Jun 9, 2018 at 19:22
  • Per answer below - even though 4.6 still supports php 5.4 there is no expectation that extensions will run on 5.4
    – user4278
    Commented Jun 9, 2018 at 22:53
  • Yes, PHP 5.6 solved the problem.
    – Stephen Sloan
    Commented Jun 11, 2018 at 18:34

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The syntax looks fine for me. You will need to check php version you are using. It should be 5.5 or more i believe.

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  • Thanks, that was the problem, after updating to PHP 5.6 all is well.
    – Stephen Sloan
    Commented Jun 11, 2018 at 18:33
  • Wow... Cheers (y)
    – Pradeep Nayak
    Commented Jun 11, 2018 at 18:34
  • Stephen - great that Pradeep helped you. Etiquette would be for you to 'accept' his answer as that helps guide others reading this
    – petednz - fuzion ♦
    Commented Jun 11, 2018 at 21:42
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The main issue is already answered here, but check your php version and configuration against the requirements here: https://docs.civicrm.org/sysadmin/en/latest/requirements/#php

(Also, you might also want to check out 'clean-urls' in Drupal - https://www.drupal.org/docs/7/configuring-clean-urls/enable-clean-urls That's not related to the cause of the problem but makes the URL's in your error message nicer)

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