diff --git a/handlers/views_handler_filter_combine.inc b/handlers/views_handler_filter_combine.inc
index 35bfb20fe6a14937d9b941179983075305a911cd..e7abb4e513198b80e104532925cb6edb99dd296b 100644
--- a/handlers/views_handler_filter_combine.inc
+++ b/handlers/views_handler_filter_combine.inc
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ class views_handler_filter_combine extends views_handler_filter_string {
     foreach ($matches as $match) {
       $phrase = FALSE;
       // Strip off phrase quotes.
-      if ($match[2]{0} == '"') {
+      if ($match[2][0] == '"') {
         $match[2] = substr($match[2], 1, -1);
         $phrase = TRUE;
       }
diff --git a/handlers/views_handler_filter_string.inc b/handlers/views_handler_filter_string.inc
index 85e3814f23a11c16effeb47c65c82ec6350e4a23..8d2f7345040d1d7da42b076ce5769c0b9f67d0e4 100644
--- a/handlers/views_handler_filter_string.inc
+++ b/handlers/views_handler_filter_string.inc
@@ -300,7 +300,7 @@ class views_handler_filter_string extends views_handler_filter {
     foreach ($matches as $match) {
       $phrase = FALSE;
       // Strip off phrase quotes
-      if ($match[2]{0} == '"') {
+      if ($match[2][0] == '"') {
         $match[2] = substr($match[2], 1, -1);
         $phrase = TRUE;
       }