Question: I have this linecode

```
$media = $dc->thumbnail->attributes()['url'];

```

runs fine on my local (WAMP) php 5.4.3
but when i host it on my server cpanel then it gives this error

```
Parse error: syntax error, unexpected '[', expecting ')'

```

the php version on my server is 5.2.17

i dnt see any problem with it, please help

Answer: 
You need to be running PHP 5.4+ to use shorthand arrays
You can't have a php 5.4.3 and a 5.2.17 with a single WAMP installation, but from your error message, i think you are using the older one.

I guess, you are working with SimplXML. In this case, you should not use that line, anyway:

```
$media = $dc->thumbnail[0]['url'];

```

Note: `$simpleXMLElement->childrenNodeListByName`  

& `$simpleXMLElement['attributeValueByName']`