PHP syntax error, unexpected '['

Question

I never had this happen before, but here we go:

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Any ideas?

It looks as if the comment is NOT working...

Short array syntax was introduced in PHP 5.4... use array('as' => 'default.index', ...) — Mark Baker
Are you sure you opened your comments properly looking at the syntax highlight it looks like you are missing the opening /* — kaning
@kaning that's a screenshot of Laravel's error page (using Symfony component), not a code editor. — abstr
You can avoid sudden errors like this by making sure your test-environment has the same installation and configuration as the production-environment! Same error confronted me when I was deploying my application on the server: local php version was 5.5 and on prod-server 5.3. — matthaeus

abstr abstr · Accepted Answer · 2013-10-06T08:36:00

Using [] as arrays like that only works with PHP 5.4 and up.

See PHP: Arrays

You'll have to use old array syntax for PHP 5.3.

This will work:

Route::get('/', array('as' => 'default.index', 'uses' => 'DefaultController@index'));