Command-line script to convert between array() and
PHP 5.4's short syntax []. It uses native PHP tokenizer, so
conversion is safe. The script was successfully tested against thousands of
PHP files.
To convert all *.php and *.phpt files in whole
directory recursively or to convert a single file use:
php convert.php <directory | file>
To convert source code from STDIN and print the output to STDOUT use:
php convert.php < input.php > output.php
To convert short syntax [] to older long syntax
array() use option --reverse:
php convert.php --reverse [<directory | file>]