title: !Parse error: syntax error, unexpected 'public' (T_PUBLIC)
body: <p>I'm transferring a wordpress site locally so I can develop safely, I'm very new to all this and have come across this error, so if you could explain in simple terms how to fix then that would be very helpful:</p>
  
  <pre><code>!Parse error: syntax error, unexpected 'public' (T_PUBLIC) in 
  C:\wamp\www\KentVenuesTest\wp-content\mu-plugins\wpengine-common\plugin.php
  on line 408
  
  Call Stack
  
  #  Time    Memory   Function
  1.0.0007 - 247624 - {Main}()&lt;p&gt;
  2.0.0014 - 251160 - require ('C:\wamp\www\KentVenuesTest\wp-blog-header.php')&lt;p&gt;
  3.0.0022 - 268032 - require_once('C\wamp\www\KentVenuesTest\wp-load.php')&lt;p&gt;
  4 0.0029 - 279728 - require_once('C\wamp\www\KentVenuesTest\wp-config.php')&lt;p&gt;
  5 0.0041 - 370928 - require_once('C\wamp\www\KentVenuesTest\wp-settings.php')&lt;p&gt;
  6 0.2186 - 13379696 - 4 -0.0029 - 279728 - include_once('C\wamp\www\KentVenuesTest\mu-plugins\mu-plugin.php&lt;p&gt;
  
  Location
  
  1 ..\index.php:0&lt;p&gt;
  2 ..\index.php:17&lt;p&gt;
  3 ..\wp-blog-header.php:12&lt;p&gt;
  4 ..\wp-load.php:29&lt;p&gt;
  5 ..\wp-config.php:90&lt;p&gt;
  6 ..\wp-settings.php:159&lt;p&gt;
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Any help would be greatly appreciated.</p>