PHP Syntax error even when other servers do not report errors

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I am a PHP developer and I wouldn't have posted this question here if only this error shows up on ALL machines I tested it with.

I currently get this error:

PHP Parse error:  syntax error, unexpected T_FUNCTION in api.php on line 51

I have here the exact copy of api.php and I tell you that I can't see any error in the code

http://pastebin.com/3xe1qnyR

In fact, the same code runs in my local development machine (PHP 5.3) but it still fails on the production machine (PHP 5.2.17)

Any ideas what am I missing here?

Not an answer, but a conceptual mistake is using a development machine and a production machine with different versions of PHP, especially major releases. — Janoma
– Janoma, Commented Mar 19, 2012 at 2:17
yeah, I was lazy to check the specifications of the development machine since this was a small job. But I will keep that in mind! Thanks — Rolando Cruz
– Rolando Cruz, Commented Mar 19, 2012 at 2:28

Andreas Wong · Accepted Answer · 2012-03-19 02:02:38Z

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You are using anonymous function at line 51, which is only supported by php 5.3+, the exact reason why it works on your dev machine with php5.3 and not on ze production with 5.2

http://php.net/manual/en/functions.anonymous.php

answered Mar 19, 2012 at 2:02

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Rolando Cruz Over a year ago

yeah, i just figured that out few minutes ago. I thought the error was on array_walk, turns out it's on the function keyword! thanks. Will accept in 10mins (SO time restrictions)

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