移动到新服务器后出现意外的PHP Parse错误：（T_CONSTANT_ENCAPSED_STRING）

Question

I was trying to move my website to my new server. But after I moved the code and wanted to run the website, I got this php error:

PHP Parse error:  syntax error, unexpected ''] = "'' (T_CONSTANT_ENCAPSED_STRING), expecting ']' in /home/mywebsite/public_html/includes/functions/functions_general.php on line 1230

Here is the code on line 1230:

$trans_table['''] = "'";

The strange thing is that this error was never reported on my old server. Could someone help?

Thank you.

Answer 1

This is one of most common parsing PHP errors, I have encountered it mostly due to version conflict.

The PHP version on new server may be different from old one. Most probably lower than old one. Upgrade/ Match PHP version on both servers to get rid of error.