PHP Version 5.2.14 / Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_FUNCTION, expecting ')'
I have a certain piece of code that I'm trying to use with PHP Version 5.2.14 . Is it incompatible?? I run the following, jailshell-3.2$ php -l /XYZ/functions.php And it gives: Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_FUNCTION, expecting ')' in /XYZ/functions.php on line 2115 Errors parsing /XYZ/functions.php The code is: 2114 $range = array_map( 2115 function (DatePeriod $p) use ($vt2) { 2116 $res = array(); Your code uses anonymous functions which were supported in PHP 5.3. So, you need PHP 5.3 to get it to working. Upgrade your server's PHP installation. Anonymous functions, also known as