Parse error: syntax error, unexpected ':', expecting ',' or ')' in C:\xampp\htdocs\php\order\instagramapi.php on line 28

Question

Why I'm having the above error in the following code, is the syntax is not ok,I'm working on authorization with Instagram.

 public function getAccessTokeAndUserDetails($code){
    $postFields = array(

        'client_id' => $this->clientId,
        'client_secret' => $this->clientSecret,
        'grant_type' => "authorization_code",
        'redirect_uri' => $this->redirectURI,
        'code' => $code
    );

    $ch = curl_init();
    curl_setopt($ch, option:CURLOPT_URL,value:"https://api.instagram.com/oauth/access_token");//line 28
    curl_setopt($ch, option:CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, value:1);
    curl_setopt($ch, option:CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYHOST, value:0);
    curl_setopt($ch, option:CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYPEER, value:0);
    curl_setopt($ch, option:CURLOPT_POST, value:1);
    curl_setopt($ch, option:CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, $postFields);

    $response = curl_exec($ch);
    curl_close($ch);

    return json_decode($response,assoc:true);

}

`value:`, `option:`, etc - where did you find this syntax? It almost looks like you've managed to copy some hints from an IDE. You just need to provide the actual values for the parameters, not the argument names. — iainn, Nov 06 '18 at 09:48
Possible duplicate of [PHP parse/syntax errors; and how to solve them?](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/18050071/php-parse-syntax-errors-and-how-to-solve-them) — iainn, Nov 06 '18 at 09:48

pr1nc3 · Answer 1 · 2018-11-06T09:53:28.743

    public function getAccessTokeAndUserDetails($code){
        $postFields = array(

            'client_id' => $this->clientId,
            'client_secret' => $this->clientSecret,
            'grant_type' => "authorization_code",
            'redirect_uri' => $this->redirectURI,
            'code' => $code
        );

        $ch = curl_init();
        curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_URL,"https://api.instagram.com/oauth/access_token");//line 28
    curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, 1);
    curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYHOST, 0);
    curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYPEER, 0);
    curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POST, 1);
    curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, $postFields);

    $response = curl_exec($ch);
    curl_close($ch);

    return json_decode($response,assoc:true);

}

option and value no need to be there. It's like placeholders in the documentation. Documentation refers to the position. It's a function so you need to know which values to pass to this function in order to work and most important in which order.

Parse error: syntax error, unexpected ':', expecting ',' or ')' in C:\xampp\htdocs\php\order\instagramapi.php on line 28

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