PHP Parse Error syntax error, unexpected '[', expecting ')'

Question

I am facing the following error:

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

The line of code throwing the error is:

$contents = str_replace(["\r\n","\r","\t","\n",'  ','    ','     '], '', $contents);

This PHP is within Magento 1.9. I am not familiar with PHP, so I wonder what this code is trying to do or why it would be throwing an error.

@FunkFortyNiner thanks but I already did that. Although some things may come easier to you, I need a little more help on this topic. — Rbreau04, Feb 07 '18 at 17:01
either try escaping the brackets `str_replace(\["\r\n","\r","\t","\n",' ',' ',' '\],` or remove them entirely `("\r\n","\r","\t","\n",' ',' ',' ',` - at this point, it's hard to tell what you're really wanting to do here. — Funk Forty Niner, Feb 07 '18 at 17:07

score 2 · Answer 1 · answered Feb 07 '18 at 15:57

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Are you running this with a PHP version prior to 5.4? There did not know the short array syntax yet, so you have to write array(\r\n","\r","\t","\n",' ',' ',' ') instead

answered Feb 07 '18 at 15:57

Nico Haase

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You beat me to it – happymacarts Feb 07 '18 at 15:59
5.6.33 is the version of PHP. Sorry for not including. – Rbreau04 Feb 07 '18 at 17:01
Technically, `array(\r\n"` is missing a double quote. – Funk Forty Niner Feb 07 '18 at 17:09
Yeah, lost that on copying... – Nico Haase Feb 07 '18 at 19:50

PHP Parse Error syntax error, unexpected '[', expecting ')'

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