CODEWITHSUNDEEP
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Reputation: 177

having error while using square bracket in php

I am unsetting the session variable by

    $_SESSION = [];

this is working fine in my localhost apache server. but when i deployed my website www.mobi3.pe.hu I get the error

       Parse error: syntax error, unexpected '[' in /home/u832047490/includes/functions.php on line 36

which is this line only

         $_SESSION = [];

and this is not only the error if I coment it. I used a function and when return an associative array by 

     return [
        "symbol" => $data[0],
        "name" => $data[1],
        "price" => $data[2],
    ];

I get the error

   Parse error: syntax error, unexpected '[' in /home/u832047490/includes/functions.php on line 91

which is the line I mentioned earlier.

can't figure out why is this happening with square bracket. and this is happening everywhere it encounter's "[ ".. would really appreciate if one's figure out..

Upvotes: 0

Views: 574

Answers (1)

Niels Keurentjes
Niels Keurentjes

Reputation: 41958

Short array syntax was introduced in PHP 5.4, and your hoster hasn't upgraded yet.

Run phpinfo(); to see which version is currently running.

If you need to backport your code, you can use array(...) instead, as in:

return array("symbol" => $data[0], "name" => $data[1], "price" => $data[2]);

This is just the 'old way' of doing things.

It is also quite a good idea to kick your hoster about upgrading, since PHP 5.3 is already in its end-of-life cycle since nearly 2 years.

Upvotes: 3

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