syntax error, unexpected '[' on [0]

Question

I get an error on this line:

$name = $html->find('a.ProfileHeaderCard-nameLink')[0]->plaintext;

The error is:

Parse error: syntax error, unexpected '['

How can I make this work? It works perfectly on localhost for some reason.

Are there different PHP versions on localhost and live server? — Professor Abronsius, Dec 29 '17 at 08:23
What output do you get from doing something like var_export($html->find('a.ProfileHeaderCard-nameLink')); on each server? — TimBrownlaw, Dec 29 '17 at 08:23
$name = $html->find('a.ProfileHeaderCard-nameLink'); $name = $name[0]->plaintext;` — splash58, Dec 29 '17 at 08:23
Your PHP version is way out of date. That parser feature was addaed in PHP 5.4. As of http://php.net/supported-versions.php , PHP 5.4 is end-of-life since fall 2015 — Thomas L., Dec 29 '17 at 08:34

score 2 · Answer 1 · answered Dec 29 '17 at 08:29

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Try this ,

$name = $html->find('a.ProfileHeaderCard-nameLink');
$name = $name[0]->plaintext;

answered Dec 29 '17 at 08:29

Moby M

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score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Dec 29 '17 at 08:25

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Are you sure you are running the same PHP versions locally and on your server? Accessing an array directly after returning it from a functin is a feature added in PHP 5.4, see http://php.net/manual/en/migration54.new-features.php

answered Dec 29 '17 at 08:25

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syntax error, unexpected '[' on [0]

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