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Asked: 2026-05-16T08:27:29+00:00

Why does this code not work? echo explode(?, $_SERVER[REQUEST_URI])[0]; It says syntax error, unexpected

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Why does this code not work?

echo explode("?", $_SERVER["REQUEST_URI"])[0];

It says syntax error, unexpected '['.

Oddly, this works:

$tmp = explode("?", $_SERVER["REQUEST_URI"]);
echo $tmp[0];

But I really want to avoid to create such a $tmp variable here.

How do I fix it?

After the helpful answers, some remaining questions: Is there any good reason of the design of the language to make this not possible? Or did the PHP implementors just not thought about this? Or was it for some reason difficult to make this possible?

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  1. Editorial Team

    It’s a (silly) limitation of the current PHP parser that your first example doesn’t work. However, supposedly the next major version of PHP will fix this.

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