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

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Iam trying to install magento and upload all the files to my server. now when i got to the root/setup i get this

Parse error: syntax error, unexpected '[', expecting ')' setup/index.php on line 29

Here is the php file

<?php
/**
* Copyright © 2015 Magento. All rights reserved.
* See COPYING.txt for license details.
*/

if (PHP_SAPI == 'cli') {
echo "You cannot run this from the command line." . PHP_EOL .
    "Run \"php bin/magento\" instead." . PHP_EOL;
exit(1);
}
try {
require __DIR__ . '/../app/bootstrap.php';
} catch (\Exception $e) {
echo <<<HTML
<div style="font:12px/1.35em arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">
<div style="margin:0 0 25px 0; border-bottom:1px solid #ccc;">
    <h3 style="margin:0;font-size:1.7em;font-weight:normal;text-transform:none;text-align:left;color:#2f2f2f;">
    Autoload error</h3>
</div>
<p>{$e->getMessage()}</p>
</div>
HTML;
exit(1);
}

// For Setup Wizard we are using our customized error handler
$handler = new \Magento\Framework\App\ErrorHandler();
set_error_handler([$handler, 'handler']);

\Zend\Mvc\Application::init(require __DIR__ . '/config/application.config.php')->run();

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Jan 09 '16 at 04:57

Line 29 is:

set_error_handler([$handler, 'handler']);

This code requires PHP >= 5.4, and you're using 5.3 or older. You'll need to upgrade your version of PHP, or use an older version of Magento that does not require PHP 5.4.

Magento 1.x is documented to require PHP 5.4 or newer. 2.x requires 5.5 or newer.

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

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