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phpbsb/php-short-array-syntax-converter
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Command-line script to convert or revert PHP's array() syntax to PHP 5.4's short array syntax \[\] using PHP's built-in tokenizer.

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PHP 5.4 Short Array Syntax Converter
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[](#php-54-short-array-syntax-converter)

Command-line script to convert and revert PHP's `array()` syntax to PHP 5.4's short array syntax`[]` using PHP's built-in tokenizer.

By relying on the PHP tokenizer, nothing but the array syntax itself will be altered. The script was successfully tested against code bases with more than 5.000 PHP files.

Usage
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[](#usage)

```
Usage: php convert.php [-w]

```

Run the script with the path of the PHP file you wish to convert as argument. This will print the converted source code to STDOUT.

You can add the `-w` switch if you want to override the original file with the converted code.

If you want the script to process PHP files with short open tags (`