PHP Parse error: syntax error, unexpected '?' in phar:///usr/sbin/wp/php/WP_CLI/Runner.php

[amys94fr]

Hi wp-cli Team,
I got this error when I use search-replace command
wp --allow-root search-replace 'http://mywebsite.com' 'https://mywebsite.com' --recurse-objects

PHP Parse error: syntax error, unexpected '?' in phar:///usr/sbin/wp/php/WP_CLI/Runner.php(1138) : eval()'d code on line 1

[gitlost]

This probably means the initial <?php isn't getting stripped from your wp-config.php due to initial non-visible characters, probably a Unicode BOM. As mentioned in wp-cli/wp-cli#4661 (comment) could you do

hexdump -C wp-config.php | head -1

and if you see

ef bb bf 3c 3f 70 68 70  0a 2f 2a 2a 0a 20 2a 20  |...<?php./**. * |

then remove the BOM (ef bb bf) from your wp-config.php using your favourite (hex) editor.

(This situation will be dealt with by WP-CLI in a future release.)

[amys94fr]

Thanks you
I run this command to remove the BOM and now it works
sed -i '1s/^\xEF\xBB\xBF//' wp-config.php

[gitlost]

Thanks for the feedback @amys94fr . Using sed is a nice solution. This issue should be added the https://make.wordpress.org/cli/handbook/common-issues/ I think, so will use it there.

[h3nr1ke]

Thanks, it solved the problem here... =)
used this to check
hexdump -C wp-config.php | head -1

floowed by

sed -i '1s/^\xEF\xBB\xBF//' wp-config.php

to correct the file...