Short array syntax

best_practices/business-logic.rst

@@ -312,11 +312,11 @@ Then, enable the bundle in ``AppKernel.php``, but only for the ``dev`` and
     {
         public function registerBundles()
         {
-            $bundles = array(
+            $bundles = [
                 // ...
-            );
+            ];
 
-            if (in_array($this->getEnvironment(), array('dev', 'test'))) {
+            if (in_array($this->getEnvironment(), ['dev', 'test'])) {
                 // ...
                 $bundles[] = new Doctrine\Bundle\FixturesBundle\DoctrineFixturesBundle();
             }

best_practices/controllers.rst

@@ -108,9 +108,9 @@ for the homepage of our app::
                 ->getRepository(Post::class)
                 ->findLatest();
 
-            return $this->render('default/index.html.twig', array(
+            return $this->render('default/index.html.twig', [
                 'posts' => $posts,
-            ));
+            ]);
         }
     }
 
@@ -155,10 +155,10 @@ For example::
     {
         $deleteForm = $this->createDeleteForm($post);
 
-        return $this->render('admin/post/show.html.twig', array(
+        return $this->render('admin/post/show.html.twig', [
             'post'        => $post,
             'delete_form' => $deleteForm->createView(),
-        ));
+        ]);
     }
 
 Normally, you'd expect a ``$id`` argument to ``showAction()``. Instead, by
@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ manually. In our application, we have this situation in ``CommentController``::
     {
         $post = $this->getDoctrine()
             ->getRepository(Post::class)
-            ->findOneBy(array('slug' => $postSlug));
+            ->findOneBy(['slug' => $postSlug]);
 
         if (!$post) {
             throw $this->createNotFoundException();

best_practices/forms.rst

@@ -42,9 +42,9 @@ form in its own PHP class::
 
         public function configureOptions(OptionsResolver $resolver)
         {
-            $resolver->setDefaults(array(
+            $resolver->setDefaults([
                 'data_class' => Post::class,
-            ));
+            ]);
         }
     }
 
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ scope of that form::
         {
             $builder
                 // ...
-                ->add('save', SubmitType::class, array('label' => 'Create Post'))
+                ->add('save', SubmitType::class, ['label' => 'Create Post'])
             ;
         }
 
@@ -123,10 +123,10 @@ some developers configure form buttons in the controller::
         {
             $post = new Post();
             $form = $this->createForm(PostType::class, $post);
-            $form->add('submit', SubmitType::class, array(
+            $form->add('submit', SubmitType::class, [
                 'label' => 'Create',
-                'attr'  => array('class' => 'btn btn-default pull-right'),
-            ));
+                'attr'  => ['class' => 'btn btn-default pull-right'],
+            ]);
 
             // ...
         }
@@ -215,7 +215,7 @@ Handling a form submit usually follows a similar template::
 
             return $this->redirect($this->generateUrl(
                 'admin_post_show',
-                array('id' => $post->getId())
+                ['id' => $post->getId()]
             ));
         }
 

best_practices/security.rst

@@ -285,7 +285,7 @@ the same ``getAuthorEmail()`` logic you used above::
 
         protected function supports($attribute, $subject)
         {
-            if (!in_array($attribute, array(self::CREATE, self::EDIT))) {
+            if (!in_array($attribute, [self::CREATE, self::EDIT])) {
                 return false;
             }
 
@@ -309,7 +309,7 @@ the same ``getAuthorEmail()`` logic you used above::
             switch ($attribute) {
                 case self::CREATE:
                     // if the user is an admin, allow them to create new posts
-                    if ($this->decisionManager->decide($token, array('ROLE_ADMIN'))) {
+                    if ($this->decisionManager->decide($token, ['ROLE_ADMIN'])) {
                         return true;
                     }
 

best_practices/templates.rst

@@ -122,11 +122,11 @@ class in the constructor of the Twig extension::
 
         public function getFilters()
         {
-            return array(
+            return [
                 new TwigFilter(
                     'md2html',
-                    array($this, 'markdownToHtml'),
-                    array('is_safe' => array('html'), 'pre_escape' => 'html')
+                    [$this, 'markdownToHtml'],
+                    ['is_safe' => ['html'], 'pre_escape' => 'html']
                 ),
             );
         }

best_practices/tests.rst

@@ -49,14 +49,14 @@ A functional test like this is simple to implement thanks to
 
         public function urlProvider()
         {
-            return array(
-                array('/'),
-                array('/posts'),
-                array('/post/fixture-post-1'),
-                array('/blog/category/fixture-category'),
-                array('/archives'),
+            return [
+                ['/'],
+                ['/posts'],
+                ['/post/fixture-post-1'],
+                ['/blog/category/fixture-category'],
+                ['/archives'],
                 // ...
-            );
+            ];
         }
     }
 

bundles.rst

@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ the ``registerBundles()`` method of the ``AppKernel`` class::
     // app/AppKernel.php
     public function registerBundles()
     {
-        $bundles = array(
+        $bundles = [
             new Symfony\Bundle\FrameworkBundle\FrameworkBundle(),
             new Symfony\Bundle\SecurityBundle\SecurityBundle(),
             new Symfony\Bundle\TwigBundle\TwigBundle(),
@@ -48,9 +48,9 @@ the ``registerBundles()`` method of the ``AppKernel`` class::
             new Symfony\Bundle\DoctrineBundle\DoctrineBundle(),
             new Sensio\Bundle\FrameworkExtraBundle\SensioFrameworkExtraBundle(),
             new AppBundle\AppBundle(),
-        );
+        ];
 
-        if (in_array($this->getEnvironment(), array('dev', 'test'))) {
+        if (in_array($this->getEnvironment(), ['dev', 'test'])) {
             $bundles[] = new Symfony\Bundle\WebProfilerBundle\WebProfilerBundle();
             $bundles[] = new Sensio\Bundle\DistributionBundle\SensioDistributionBundle();
             $bundles[] = new Sensio\Bundle\GeneratorBundle\SensioGeneratorBundle();
@@ -107,12 +107,12 @@ Now that you've created the bundle, enable it via the ``AppKernel`` class::
     // app/AppKernel.php
     public function registerBundles()
     {
-        $bundles = array(
+        $bundles = [
             // ...
 
             // register your bundle
             new Acme\TestBundle\AcmeTestBundle(),
-        );
+        ];
         // ...
 
         return $bundles;

bundles/best_practices.rst

@@ -232,10 +232,10 @@ following standardized instructions in your ``README.md`` file.
         {
             public function registerBundles()
             {
-                $bundles = array(
+                $bundles = [
                     // ...
                     new <vendor>\<bundle-name>\<bundle-long-name>(),
-                );
+                ];
 
                 // ...
             }
@@ -278,11 +278,11 @@ following standardized instructions in your ``README.md`` file.
             {
                 public function registerBundles()
                 {
-                    $bundles = array(
+                    $bundles = [
                         // ...
 
                         new <vendor>\<bundle-name>\<bundle-long-name>(),
-                    );
+                    ];
 
                     // ...
                 }

bundles/configuration.rst

@@ -39,9 +39,9 @@ as integration of other related components:
 
     .. code-block:: php
 
-        $container->loadFromExtension('framework', array(
+        $container->loadFromExtension('framework', [
             'form' => true,
-        ));
+        ]);
 
 .. sidebar:: Using Parameters to Configure your Bundle
 
@@ -91,10 +91,10 @@ allow users to configure it with some configuration that looks like this:
     .. code-block:: php
 
         // app/config/config.php
-        $container->loadFromExtension('acme_social', array(
+        $container->loadFromExtension('acme_social', [
             'client_id'     => 123,
             'client_secret' => 'your_secret',
-        ));
+        ]);
 
 The basic idea is that instead of having the user override individual
 parameters, you let the user configure just a few, specifically created,
@@ -139,36 +139,36 @@ automatically converts XML and YAML to an array).
 For the configuration example in the previous section, the array passed to your
 ``load()`` method will look like this::
 
-    array(
-        array(
-            'twitter' => array(
+    [
+        [
+            'twitter' => [
                 'client_id' => 123,
                 'client_secret' => 'your_secret',
-            ),
-        ),
-    )
+            ],
+        ],
+    ]
 
 Notice that this is an *array of arrays*, not just a single flat array of the
 configuration values. This is intentional, as it allows Symfony to parse
 several configuration resources. For example, if ``acme_social`` appears in
 another configuration file - say ``config_dev.yml`` - with different values
 beneath it, the incoming array might look like this::
 
-    array(
+    [
         // values from config.yml
-        array(
-            'twitter' => array(
+        [
+            'twitter' => [
                 'client_id' => 123,
                 'client_secret' => 'your_secret',
-            ),
-        ),
+            ],
+        ],
         // values from config_dev.yml
-        array(
-            'twitter' => array(
+        [
+            'twitter' => [
                 'client_id' => 456,
-            ),
-        ),
-    )
+            ],
+        ],
+    ]
 
 The order of the two arrays depends on which one is set first.
 
@@ -315,7 +315,7 @@ In your extension, you can load this and dynamically set its arguments::
 
         public function load(array $configs, ContainerBuilder $container)
         {
-            $config = array();
+            $config = [];
             // let resources override the previous set value
             foreach ($configs as $subConfig) {
                 $config = array_merge($config, $subConfig);

bundles/extension.rst

@@ -157,17 +157,17 @@ class names::
         // ...
 
         // this method can't compile classes that contain PHP annotations
-        $this->addClassesToCompile(array(
+        $this->addClassesToCompile([
             UserManager::class,
             Slugger::class,
             // ...
-        ));
+        ]);
 
         // add here only classes that contain PHP annotations
-        $this->addAnnotatedClassesToCompile(array(
+        $this->addAnnotatedClassesToCompile([
             'AppBundle\\Controller\\DefaultController',
             // ...
-        ));
+        ]);
     }
 
 .. note::
@@ -186,15 +186,15 @@ The classes to compile can also be added using file path patterns::
     {
         // ...
 
-        $this->addClassesToCompile(array(
+        $this->addClassesToCompile([
             '**Bundle\\Manager\\',
             // ...
-        ));
+        ]);
 
-        $this->addAnnotatedClassesToCompile(array(
+        $this->addAnnotatedClassesToCompile([
             '**Bundle\\Controller\\',
             // ...
-        ));
+        ]);
     }
 
 Patterns are transformed into the actual class namespaces using the classmap

bundles/installation.rst

@@ -61,10 +61,10 @@ The only thing you need to do now is register the bundle in ``AppKernel``::
 
         public function registerBundles()
         {
-            $bundles = array(
+            $bundles = [
                 // ...
                 new FOS\UserBundle\FOSUserBundle(),
-            );
+            ];
 
             // ...
         }
@@ -85,11 +85,11 @@ and ``test`` environments, register the bundle in this way::
 
         public function registerBundles()
         {
-            $bundles = array(
+            $bundles = [
                 // ...
-            );
+            ];
 
-            if (in_array($this->getEnvironment(), array('dev', 'test'))) {
+            if (in_array($this->getEnvironment(), ['dev', 'test'])) {
                 $bundles[] = new Doctrine\Bundle\FixturesBundle\DoctrineFixturesBundle();
             }