I ended up upgrading PHP to 7.2 which fixed this too. I should have done that much sooner really…
Thanks Vinayy. Though I am still getting the syntax error with that change. Interestingly – the change to {}, it produced a syntax error in my editor (as well as in WordPress) whereas the existing [] did not…
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This reply was modified 7 years, 11 months ago by LeeFallin. Reason: typo
Same error – line 220 as with arindamg
I too tried to reinstall and it refuses to activate for the same reason. Frustraiting that it will check that before activation, but not as part as an automated update/upgrade.