Problem description
After SUPEE-7405 patch Sales Order Management screen in Magento Backend is blank or the following error is reported in PHP error log:PHP Parse error: syntax error, unexpected '[' in app/code/core/Mage/Adminhtml/Helper/Sales.php on line 124
Cause
SUPEE-7405 is prepared with PHP 5.4 in mind, older PHP versions are incompatible with new language constructions used.Solution
Change line 124 in app/code/core/Mage/Adminhtml/Helper/Sales.php from$links = []; to $links = array();:
--- app/code/core/Mage/Adminhtml/Helper/Sales.php
+++ app/code/core/Mage/Adminhtml/Helper/Sales.php
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@
public function escapeHtmlWithLinks($data, $allowedTags = null)
{
if (!empty($data) && is_array($allowedTags) && in_array('a', $allowedTags)) {
- $links = [];
+ $links = array();
$i = 1;
$data = str_replace('%', '%%', $data);
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