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?

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)