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php codecept.phar bootstrap PHP Parse error: syntax error, unexpected '[' in phar://C:/wamp/www/project/aut omation/codeception/codecept.phar/vendor/guzzlehttp/guzzle/src/functions.php on line 24 PHP Stack trace: PHP 1. {main}() C:\wamp\www\project\automation\codeception\codecept.phar:0 PHP 2. require_once() C:\wamp\www\project\automation\codeception\codecept.phar :5 PHP 3. require_once() phar://C:/wamp/www/project/automation/codeception/codece pt.phar/autoload.php:4 PHP 4. ComposerAutoloaderInit47cdf60ec5efa3860ea7539ac6be7d49::getLoader() pha r://C:/wamp/www/project/automation/codeception/codecept.phar/vendor/autoload.php :7 PHP 5. composerRequire47cdf60ec5efa3860ea7539ac6be7d49() phar://C:/wamp/www/pr oject/automation/codeception/codecept.phar/vendor/composer/autoload_real.php:52
Parse error: syntax error, unexpected '[' in phar://C:/wamp/www/project/automati on/codeception/codecept.phar/vendor/guzzlehttp/guzzle/src/functions.php
on line 24
Call Stack: 0.0110 658208 1. {main}() C:\wamp\www\project\automation\codeception\c odecept.phar:0 0.0128 671848 2. require_once('phar://C:/wamp/www/project/automation/c odeception/codecept.phar/autoload.php') C:\wamp\www\project\automation\codecepti on\codecept.phar:5 0.0133 673968 3. require_once('phar://C:/wamp/www/project/automation/c odeception/codecept.phar/vendor/autoload.php') phar://C:/wamp/www/project/automa tion/codeception/codecept.phar/autoload.php:4 0.0137 695984 4. ComposerAutoloaderInit47cdf60ec5efa3860ea7539ac6be7d4 9::getLoader() phar://C:/wamp/www/project/automation/codeception/codecept.phar/v endor/autoload.php:7 0.0204 1014824 5. composerRequire47cdf60ec5efa3860ea7539ac6be7d49() pha r://C:/wamp/www/project/automation/codeception/codecept.phar/vendor/composer/aut oload_real.php:52
It's not because of Windows. Probably you are running PHP 5.3 or less. In this case you should use Codeception 1.8.x, as pointed out here: http://codeception.com/builds