From: j dot doyle133 at gmail dot com Operating system: All PHP version: 5.5.0beta1 Package: *General Issues Bug Type: Feature/Change Request Bug description:Anonymous Function Dereferencing
Description: ------------ The anonymous functions wouldn't really be complete without dereferencing, making it easier for developers to split their code up into chunks, and having one return value. Database calls that are only going to be called once for example, but need to be stored in an array. There's no point making a whole function for it and no point setting it to a variable to be run once. Test script: --------------- $my_array = [ 'key_1' => function() { return mt_rand(); }(), 'database' => function() { $db = new PDO("mysql:host=127.0.0.1; port=3306;", "root", ""); $sth = $db->prepare("SELECT * FROM `users` WHERE `username`=? LIMIT 1"); $sth->bindParam(1, 'Test'); $sth->execute(); return $sth->fetch(PDO::FETCH_ASSOC); }() ]; Expected result: ---------------- An array with two values, a random value on 'key_1' and an associative array on 'database'. Actual result: -------------- Parse error: syntax error, unexpected '(', expecting ']' in php shell code on line 4 When leaving out the parentheses; two closure classes. -- Edit bug report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=64608&edit=1 -- Try a snapshot (PHP 5.4): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=64608&r=trysnapshot54 Try a snapshot (PHP 5.3): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=64608&r=trysnapshot53 Try a snapshot (trunk): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=64608&r=trysnapshottrunk Fixed in SVN: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=64608&r=fixed Fixed in release: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=64608&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=64608&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=64608&r=needscript Try newer version: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=64608&r=oldversion Not developer issue: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=64608&r=support Expected behavior: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=64608&r=notwrong Not enough info: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=64608&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=64608&r=submittedtwice register_globals: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=64608&r=globals PHP 4 support discontinued: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=64608&r=php4 Daylight Savings: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=64608&r=dst IIS Stability: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=64608&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=64608&r=gnused Floating point limitations: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=64608&r=float No Zend Extensions: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=64608&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=64608&r=mysqlcfg