From: php at xyzzy dot cjb dot net
Operating system: Mac OS X 10.5.2
PHP version: 5.2.5
PHP Bug Type: Feature/Change Request
Bug description: Syntax to index within an expression that evaluates to an
array
Description:
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It would be nice if PHP could allow you to use the [] operator to index
within an expression that evaluates to an array, as if it was a
variable.
This feature request is similar to #41268 "Access array member without
variable", but suggests using the existing [] operator rather than
adding a new function. I could not find further details on php-internals
about this issue.
Reproduce code:
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For example:
$lines = split("\n", $text)
print $lines[0]
cannot currently be written as
print split("\n", $text)[0]
nor
print (split("\n", $text))[0]
Expected result:
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The second and third examples behave identically to the first.
Actual result:
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Parse error: syntax error, unexpected '[' in - on line 2
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