Question

I have:
on my pc:wamp server (apache+php-5.4.3+mysql)
on my vps:nginx+php5-fpm+mysql(all latest in the ubuntu 64 bit server repository).

recently I have reinstalled the whole vps

my problem is,

statement like this:

function foo($arr){

return $arr;

}


foo(['foo1','foo2','foo3'])

works on my pc, and used to work on the server (same installation) but now it gives
an error such as:

Parse error: syntax error, unexpected '[' in /home/Websites/Domains/squazza/php/db.php 
on line 261 

(replacing the [ ] with Array( ) does fix the problem)

now I assume that this problem is related to php.ini so i am asking what setting could possibly be affecting this kind of behavior and why?

Answer 1

If you look at the documentation that short syntax is only avaible in php 5.4+ I suspect your php versions are different.

This list of new features in PHP5.4 maybe of some use to you.