Parse error: syntax error, unexpected '[', expecting ')' [duplicate]

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I have this linecode

$media = $dc->thumbnail->attributes()[\'url\'];

runs fine on my local (WAMP) php 5.4.3 but when i host it on my server cpanel then it gives this error

Parse error: syntax error, unexpected \'[\', expecting \')\'

the php version on my server is 5.2.17

i dnt see any problem with it, please help

回答1:

You need to be running PHP 5.4+ to use shorthand arrays

回答2:

You can't have a php 5.4.3 and a 5.2.17 with a single WAMP installation, but from your error message, i think you are using the older one.

I guess, you are working with SimplXML. In this case, you should not use that line, anyway:

$media = $dc->thumbnail[0]['url'];

Note: $simpleXMLElement->childrenNodeListByName
& $simpleXMLElement['attributeValueByName']

来源：https://stackoverflow.com/questions/17411106/parse-error-syntax-error-unexpected-expecting