parse error : syntax error, unexpected "." , expecting "&" or variable (T_VARIABLE) in wp-include/functions.php on line 1081
This error is because there is two PHP versions loaded on the modules. So we should comment out one of them. So I commended out the php5 module. And everything worked fine.
This error is common on WordPress local installations. So make sure to understand the cause of it and how to fix it on your local server (LAMP stack).