Thread:Project:Support desk/Running Maintenance Scripts for GoDaddy SSH/reply (3)

I don't know, what GoDaddy does - maybe they do strange things. ;-)

However, your problem is something else: When you execute php ... on the shell, you have PHP version 5.2. This version is to old and MediaWiki cannot work with it. Reading your error message that also was what I expected.

I remember that I have answered the same question some time ago already; here it is: Thread:Project:Support_desk/Having_trouble_running_update.php

At that time GoDaddy said they just do not offer PHP 5.3 on the shell:

Due to the nature of shared hosting, SSH will not be able to access PHP 5.3 (...) If you require this ability, you would need to use a virtual private or dedicated server.

I think it's noteworthy that GoDaddy at least does no longer give you PHP 4.4.9 as they still did in 2013. However, just like before it is still the case that they only give you an old version, which with current software just is unusable. I don't know how much you pay for that hosting, but maybe you want to spend your money somewhere else - where you really can use your software.