Parse error: syntax error, unexpected ‘[‘

Resolved nanotraktor
(@nanotraktor)

8 years, 3 months ago
After plugin upgrade i got this error:
Parse error: syntax error, unexpected '[' in /path-to-site/wp-content/plugins/advanced-access-manager/Application/Core/Object/Menu.php on line 132
the lines 131-136 is:
```
        if (count($filtered)) { //make sure that the parent points to the first sub
            $parent[2] = array_values($filtered)[0][2];
        }

        return $filtered;
    }
```
In $parent[2] = array_values($filtered)[0][2]; any mistakes maybe?

OS CentOS 6.9, PHP 5.3.3
- This topic was modified 8 years, 3 months ago by nanotraktor.

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vianna1234
(@vianna1234)

8 years, 3 months ago
I have the same problem now. The worst thing is that I can not disable the plugin and now I do not have access to the administrative menu. What should I do? Help me please.

Parse error: syntax error, unexpected ‘[‘ in /home/content/31/9910831/html/hotsites/saulo/wp-content/plugins/advanced-access-manager/Application/Core/Object/Menu.php on line 132
- This reply was modified 8 years, 3 months ago by vianna1234.
Thread Starter nanotraktor
(@nanotraktor)

8 years, 3 months ago
I solved this problem by replacing file /wp-content/plugins/advanced-access-manager/Application/Core/Object/Menu.php with this https://github.com/wp-plugins/advanced-access-manager/blob/master/Application/Core/Object/Menu.php

I do not know if it will provoke other errors (we`ll wait for author reply), but now site (and this plugin) works normally at first sight.
- This reply was modified 8 years, 3 months ago by nanotraktor.
lucadima
(@lucadima)

8 years, 3 months ago
Replace
```
if (count($filtered)) { //make sure that the parent points to the first sub
            $parent[2] = array_values($filtered)[0][2];
        }
```
with
```
if (count($filtered)) { //make sure that the parent points to the first sub
           $filteredValues = array_values($filtered);  
           $parent[2] = $filteredValues[0][2];

        }
```
Plugin Author AAM Plugin
(@vasyltech)

8 years, 3 months ago

Hi guys,

Thank you for the feedback. You can download the dev version with a fix here https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/advanced-access-manager.zip.

Please note! PHP 5.3 is really outdated version and you should consider to migrate to at least 5.6 is there is such a possibility. Otherwise you’ll keep experience similar issues not only with AAM but also with other plugins.

Regards,
Vasyl

Peter Hardy-vanDoorn
(@petervandoorn)

8 years, 3 months ago

For the record, I’ve had this on one site too. Thought it might be old PHP version (although was above WP minimum) but when upped to PHP 7 it still had the same error.