Using Eclipse Luna PHP bundle (v4.4.1) with PDT (v3.3.1), array short tags are marked as syntax errors.
E.g. in
$test = [ 4, 'some string' ];
both square brackets are errors. Is there a way make Eclipse aware of this syntax?
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You have this message because syntax errors are raised on PHP < 5.4. Therefore you need to say to Eclipse to look for a syntax of PHP 5.4 or greater.
You can change this in Eclipse > Window > Preference > PHP > PHP Interpreter > PHP Version.
Make sure your PHP version is 5.4 or greater as well.
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AndreaGrnd
On newer versions of Eclipse it is under Eclipse -> Window -> Preferences -> PHP -> Validation
The question is not accurate. Eclipse does not always mark these square brackets as syntax errors. This is probably a bug in the syntax checker.
This is what I found and a workaround which is a bit of a hassle. If you know of a better way to overcome this, please share.
So, when I open an existing file that uses this syntax, all occurrences of [ and ] are errors. When I type in new array definitions using this syntax, they are fine, no error shown.
One workaround I found to get rid of the errors in an existing file:
- open
- select all
- cut
- save
- paste
- save
After this, there are no errors shown and if indentation and tabulation settings in Eclipse editor are matching present in the original file, you end up with an identical, unchanged file (i.e. not seen as changed by a version control system).
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