Trying to create a table from a JSON source fails with the attached error. 

The URL is https://online-registration.musicalretreat.org/tables/registrar_dashboard_online_payment.json 

The file contains exactly the following line, with no newline character.

[{"name":"Steve Hanks","date":"10\/21\/2018"},{"name":"Elisabeth Tarsio","date":"07\/29\/2018"}]

This happens even with all other plugins disabled.

Plugin version 2.3;  Wordpress version 4.9.8

Thanks, but I seem to be having trouble updating.  I downloaded a Zip file from CodeCanyon and I can verify that it is the right plugin and right version:

<?php
/**
 * @package wpDataTables
 * @version 2.3.1
 */
/*
Plugin Name: wpDataTables
Plugin

I go to the plugins section, deactivate the WPDatatables plugin, then go through the manual install process.  It causes and error as seen in the attachment.   I don't want to delete the old version because I don't want to lose existing table definitions.  Thanks,  Steve

I thought that too, but 

[email protected] [~]# php --version
PHP 7.0.31 (cli) (built: Aug  2 2018 14:51:52) ( NTS )

I did not find duplicates in the directory   wp-content/plugs -- there was a single directory wpdatatablesn.

However, on the Wordpress dashboard, plugins list, I did see both version 4.3 and 4.3.1.  So I deleted both, and re-installed the new download (4.3.1).  It installed without error, and the dashboard shows 4.3.1 installed and activated.

I then tried creating that same table from that same JSON file.

I am getting the same error (attached again).

Sorry I was wrong about the PHP version.  It was set at the parent domain level, but not for the subdomain running the Wordpress App.

I updated to 7.0.eq

Then trying to create the table still yields an error box (attached), but after exiting the new table dialogue and going back to the table list, I see that it is there.

Likewise when I go in to configure the table then Update, I get the error box, but the configuration changes are saved.

Less than ideal, but I guess I can live with it.

Weird, I created the temp admin login and logged in using it, just to verify the problem still happened.  I was able to create the table without error using that account, but not using the admin account I had been using previously.  I have no idea what that should happen -- I mean *really* no idea.  But let me play around with it today and get back to you one way or the other by tomorrow.

Thanks,

Steve.