diff --git a/layouts/v7/modules/Vtiger/uitypes/PickListFieldSearchView.tpl b/layouts/v7/modules/Vtiger/uitypes/PickListFieldSearchView.tpl
index fa6ea010f0bbe472b38e2aa515203300ed7cbd4d..302187d312911d88245b0aaf5b21c901f1686851 100644
--- a/layouts/v7/modules/Vtiger/uitypes/PickListFieldSearchView.tpl
+++ b/layouts/v7/modules/Vtiger/uitypes/PickListFieldSearchView.tpl
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
     {if isset($SEARCH_INFO['searchValue']) && $SEARCH_INFO['searchValue'] !== null}
         {assign var=SEARCH_VALUES value=explode(',', $SEARCH_INFO['searchValue'])}
     {else}
-        {assign var=SEARCH_VALUES value=[]}
+        {assign var=SEARCH_VALUES value=array()}
     {/if}
     <div class="select2_search_div">
         <input type="text" class="listSearchContributor inputElement select2_input_element"/>