Edit report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=45906&edit=1
ID: 45906
Updated by: ahar...@php.net
Reported by: david dot c dot cook+php at gmail dot com
Summary: Cannot use square brackets on a function
-Status: Open
+Status: Closed
Type: Feature/Change Request
-Package: Feature/Change Request
+Package: *General Issues
PHP Version: 5.2.6
-Assigned To:
+Assigned To: felipe
Block user comment: N
Private report: N
New Comment:
Good catch; thanks.
Previous Comments:
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[2012-03-20 19:18:20] php dot net at doppy dot nl
This is implemented in PHP 5.4.
This request can be closed.
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[2008-08-25 02:35:53] david dot c dot cook+php at gmail dot com
Description:
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Cannot use square brackets to directly reference array elements in the returned
value of a function. As a flexible language that can do pretty much anything,
it seems logical to be able to achieve this on one line, without having to
first assign the return value to a temporary variable.
Reproduce code:
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function test()
{
return array('a', 'b');
}
//desired
echo test()[0];
//workaround
//$temp = test();
//echo $temp[0];
Expected result:
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a
Actual result:
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Parse error: syntax error, unexpected '['
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