Unexpected 'var_export' error

[mcdemon]

Hi All,

I successfully installed the package and proceeded to the non-Laravel configuration step. As I am updating the objects in the interactive PHP shell, I get to:

var_export($info->toArray(), false); array ( 'version' => 'v2018.5.56760', 'isCloud' => false, 'serverTimeZone' => 'Eastern Standard Time', )

then receive the following error.

Parse error: syntax error, unexpected 'var_export' (T_STRING) in php shell code on line 6

I am dev'ing on a WAMP server with PHP version 7.1.9 and Apache 2.4.27

Any guidance is appreciated.

Thank You

[mcdemon]

Bump. Anyone?

[mcdemon]

No one can offer guidance?

[ssfinney]

@mcdemon What version of PHP are you using? I'm testing with 7.1.21 at the moment and can't reproduce that particular error.

[mcdemon]

Hi @ssfinney . I have tried the process with 5.6.31, 7.1.9 and 7.0.23 and received the error in each.

Thanks in advance for the assistance.

[ssfinney]

It looks like you are still getting the expected output from the call, even though you're getting that syntax error.

1. Have you tried var_dump instead, just to check the difference?
2. Can you successfully access other methods on the $info results, like the following:

var_export($info->toJson(), false);
var_export($info->isCloud, false);

[mcdemon]

So I added 7.1.22 to my WAMP install and ran through the process again. I now get the error below. I do not get any errors when executing the two var_export commands you listed.

When I substitute 'dump' for 'export' in the command generating the error, I get an 'unexpected var_dump' error.

[ssfinney]

Please put semicolons at the end of your lines, so that your var_export can run and print what you need.

[mcdemon]

OK. So I found my initial problem; I was not initiating the php interactive shell from the correct directory. ..Once I opened it from the right folder and addid the ; back to the lines of code, I got past the initial error. Now when I issue the var_export($info, false); command, the interactive shell hangs.

[mcdemon]

I let it sit for about 10 minutes. Hit enter and pasted the next set of code. It is hanging again with the following error having been generated.

[ssfinney]

@mcdemon Everything turn out OK, or are you still having the above error?