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PHP

Posted by John Perry
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John Perry
Full Stack JavaScript Techdegree Graduate 41,012 Points

Mac OS X Server with AMPPS & Slim V3

I'm using AMPPS to create a local environment and I ran into a hiccup that I wanted to help someone else avoid.

This is the error I was getting:

Parse error: syntax error, unexpected '[' in /Applications/AMPPS/www/Project_01/vendor/nikic/fast-route/src/functions.php on line 12

Why the error occurred:

Slim V3 requires PHP 5.5 and AMPPS (as of 12/15/15) uses PHP 5.3 by default.

How to fix:

  1. Stop your server
  2. Go to the PHP section and click 'Change PHP Version'
  3. Change version to 5.5 and click 'Apply'
  4. Fire up the server and then reload your index.php page