title: Problems installing Laravel 4.2.0 using composer clear-compiled handling the post-install-cmd
body: <p>I am trying to install Laravel using Composer but I keep getting the following error:</p>
  
  <blockquote>
    <p>Warning:  Unexpected character in input:  '\' (ASCII=92) state=1 in /homepages/45/d487622789/htdocs/laravel/artisan on line 46</p>
    
    <p>Parse error:  syntax error, unexpected T_STRING in /homepages/45/d487622789/htdocs/laravel/artisan on line 46</p>
    
    <p>Script php artisan clear-compiled handling the post-install-cmd event returned with an error</p>
  </blockquote>
  
  <p>I've had a look online but I can't seem to find anyone with the same problem. </p>
  
  <p>How do I fix this?</p>