#41277 [NEW]: Parse error when getting an array element after function call

From: furax at yandex dot ru Operating system: Windows PHP version: 5.2.2 PHP Bug Type: Compile Failure Bug description: Parse error when getting an array element after function call Description: ------------ I've tried to get an element of array, returned by function getArray() (user-defined). Reproduce code: --------------- <?php function getArray() { return array('Useful data', 'Some useless data'); } $data=getArray()[0]; ?> Expected result: ---------------- $data='Useful data' Actual result: -------------- Parse error: syntax error, unexpected '[' in Z:\home\test\www\bad1.php5 on line 7 -- Edit bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=41277&edit=1 -- Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 4.4): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=41277&r=trysnapshot44 Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 5.2): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=41277&r=trysnapshot52 Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 6.0): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=41277&r=trysnapshot60 Fixed in CVS: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=41277&r=fixedcvs Fixed in release: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=41277&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=41277&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=41277&r=needscript Try newer version: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=41277&r=oldversion Not developer issue: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=41277&r=support Expected behavior: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=41277&r=notwrong Not enough info: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=41277&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=41277&r=submittedtwice register_globals: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=41277&r=globals PHP 3 support discontinued: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=41277&r=php3 Daylight Savings: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=41277&r=dst IIS Stability: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=41277&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=41277&r=gnused Floating point limitations: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=41277&r=float No Zend Extensions: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=41277&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=41277&r=mysqlcfg