Aptana marks $a = [..] as a syntax error

Question

I'm using Aptana Studio 3 and I have the following problem:

When I type:

$return = ['success' => (validation_errors() == null) ? true : false];

Aptana marks this line as a syntax error. Any ideas on how to fix this?

Araroba

Answer 1

Set your PHP version in Aptana to >=5.4. The array syntax with [] instead of array() is relatively new and depending on the parser it will show you a syntax error or not.

Right click on your project and go to Properties. Then click the "PHP Development" menu on the left, and select "PHP 5.4.x" (or something similar)

Fugacious

that was fast... Thanks ! – Araroba

Quick correction (unless Aptana has it wrong): short array syntax was introduced in PHP 5.4, not 5.5. – Hazzard

I tried and it is restoring back to 5.3 I even changed the file "PATH_TO_PROJECT/.settings/com.aptana.editor.php.prefs" with the following content: eclipse.preferences.version=1 phpVersion=php5.4 But no use .. any lead on this how to approach – Defunct

@stackup same here, I change it to 5.4 and it goes back to 5.3, did you manage to change it? – Springwood