symfony2 syntax error

Question

I have the following code:

public function postFormAction(Request $request)
{

    $cityId = $request->request->get('shopiousUserBundle_user')['location']['city']; 
    .....
}

for some reason this is giving me a syntax error, any idea why? When I remove the array indexing to be just like:

$cityId = $request->request->get('shopiousUserBundle_user')

works fine.

When posting a question that involves any kind of error message, you should always add the specific error message to the question — Phil
– Phil, Commented Apr 9, 2013 at 1:12

Phil · Accepted Answer · 2013-04-09 01:10:19Z

4

Array dereferencing from the result of a function call is only available in PHP 5.4 or later.

If you are using an earlier PHP version, you will have to do the following

$data = $request->request->get('shopiousUserBundle_user');
$cityId = $data['location']['city'];

answered Apr 9, 2013 at 1:10

Phil

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ah.. I thought it was available in 5.3 and above.. thanks a bunch