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Re: Syntax error help

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In article <mko3kl$1sr$1@solani.org>,
 "Christoph M. Becker" <cmbecker69@arcor.de> wrote:

> super70s wrote:
> 
> > I'm getting a parse error (Parse error: syntax error, unexpected '[' in 
> > /home/sitename/public_html/videos/index.php on line 63) in the below 
> > YouTube video search script.
> > 
> > I believe line 63 to be...
> > $video = youtubeGetVideo($id)['snippet'];
> > 
> > This error showed up after I moved this script to a different server. I 
> > think it might have something to do with the new server running a 
> > version of PHP earlier than 5.4. Either that or there's a bracket or 
> > semicolon that isn't closed, however it did work OK on the other server.
> > 
> > If anyone has any idea what could be causing this and a fix I'd really 
> > appreciate it.
> 
> Indeed, this syntax is available only as of PHP 5.4.0: "Function array
> dereferencing has been added, e.g. foo()[0]."[1]  For older versions
> (which might better be avoided, because they are no longer supported),
> you can get around the issue by assigning the function return value to
> an auxiliary variable, and to access the desired element on that:
> 
>   $aux = youtubeGetVideo($id);
>   $video = $aux['snippet'];
> 
> [1] <http://php.net/manual/en/migration54.new-features.php>

That did it! Thank you very much Chris.

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Syntax error help super70s <super70s@super70s.invalid> - 2015-06-03 18:19 -0500
  Re: Syntax error help "Christoph M. Becker" <cmbecker69@arcor.de> - 2015-06-04 01:46 +0200
    Re: Syntax error help super70s <super70s@super70s.invalid> - 2015-06-03 20:30 -0500

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