"[]" vs ”array()” in Symfony2 projects

Question

I designed a Symfony2-based website which I deployed successfully online on GoDaddy server and everything was working fine.

After I edited my website and uploaded everything on server I noticed an error saying something relating to a syntax error due to the occurrence of '[' in line 47 of MappingDriverChain.php file (please check out the attached image).

The consequence was the absence of the background styling all the routes, for instance http://yplushy.com/diapers. I was able to resolve the issue in /mothers_space by replacing

private $drivers = [];

with

private $drivers = array();

And clearing the cache. I had to repeat this in

webroot / yplushy / vendor / doctrine / common / lib / Doctrine / Common / Persistence / Mapping / Driver / SymfonyFileLocator.php

But as you can see I still have this issue with /diapers, and the problem is I don't know where in my code there is still the occurrence of "[]" instead of "array()".

Please note that in my local environment I don't have this issue.

Any suggestions, please?

This depends of PHP version (5.4 allow this [] instead of array()). Check in your hosting- can u modify PHP version to newest one... I am sure they have that option for upgrade. — Boris Delev, Sep 13 '16 at 15:42
You're on a dangerously insecure unsupported version of PHP. Upgrade ASAP. — ceejayoz, Sep 13 '16 at 16:05

Mojtaba · Answer 1 · 2016-09-14T00:04:40.670

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[] is the way you can define an array in PHP 5.4+

But, if you are using PHP 5.3 or lower, you have to use array()

Have a look at Example #1 on http://php.net/manual/en/language.types.array.php

edited Sep 14 '16 at 00:04

answered Sep 13 '16 at 15:42

Mojtaba

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Nope. S2 needs only needs 5.3. S3 needs 5.5. – Cerad Sep 13 '16 at 21:09
@Cerad, you are right. – Mojtaba Sep 14 '16 at 00:05

"[]" vs ”array()” in Symfony2 projects

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