如何解决ASCII = 92错误，是否可以在php 5.2服务器上运行laravel 4项目？

Question

I am getting error like this ,

Warning: Unexpected character in input: '\' (ASCII=92) state=1 in /home/dolovers/public_html/bootstrap/autoload.php on line 46

and

Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_STRING in /home/dolovers/public_html/bootstrap/autoload.php on line 46

My current version of web server php is 5.2 is that the reason for that ?

my second question is, Is is possible to run Laravel 4 projects on php 5.2 servers ? If not then what will be the good server to buy for laravel 4. And during its selection what should I take care of ?

Answer 1

The \ character is the namespace separator, and since Laravel 4 uses namespaces and PHP 5.2 does not support them, it triggers a syntax error and you cannot use Laravel 4 on that version of PHP.

By the way, support for PHP 5.2 has been long since dropped, you should consider upgrading to the latest version of the 5.5.x branch.