#41759 [NEW]: Array index from function returned array

From: rudi at mageuk dot com Operating system: All PHP version: 5.2.3 PHP Bug Type: Feature/Change Request Bug description: Array index from function returned array Description: ------------ I don't know the exact name for this. But being able to reference an index from a function that returns an array would be very usefull. Reproduce code: --------------- function returnarray() { return array('abc' => 'blah blah', '123' => 'blee blee'); } echo returnarray()['abc']; echo returnarray()['123']; Expected result: ---------------- blah blah blee blee Actual result: -------------- Parse Error as it's obviously not implemented... -- Edit bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=41759&edit=1 -- Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 4.4): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=41759&r=trysnapshot44 Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 5.2): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=41759&r=trysnapshot52 Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 6.0): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=41759&r=trysnapshot60 Fixed in CVS: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=41759&r=fixedcvs Fixed in release: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=41759&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=41759&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=41759&r=needscript Try newer version: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=41759&r=oldversion Not developer issue: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=41759&r=support Expected behavior: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=41759&r=notwrong Not enough info: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=41759&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=41759&r=submittedtwice register_globals: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=41759&r=globals PHP 3 support discontinued: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=41759&r=php3 Daylight Savings: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=41759&r=dst IIS Stability: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=41759&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=41759&r=gnused Floating point limitations: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=41759&r=float No Zend Extensions: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=41759&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=41759&r=mysqlcfg