1.8.0 beta 3 - dies on PHP 5.3

[Stefan-MyBB]

MyBB 1.8.0 beta 3 dies on PHP 5.3 both front end and back end

Code:
Parse error: syntax error, unexpected '[' in /inc/functions.php on line 3074

DEBUG
3074                    $smilie['find'] = explode("\n", $smilie['find'])[0];

Original thread: 1.8.0 beta 3 - dies on PHP 5.3

[Nik101010]

accessing an array field directly in a function calls return is a php 5.4 feature... older php versions need a temporary var instead...

$temp = explode();
$smilie['find'] = $temp[0];