#44368 [Bgs]: Syntax to index within an expression that evaluates to an array
ID: 44368
User updated by: php at xyzzy dot cjb dot net
Reported By: php at xyzzy dot cjb dot net
Status: Bogus
Bug Type: Feature/Change Request
Operating System: Mac OS X 10.5.2
PHP Version: 5.2.5
New Comment:
Johannes, can you mark this bug as a duplicate of the known feature
request, or provide a link to it? Thanks.
Previous Comments:
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[2008-03-08 21:36:45] johannes@php.net
This request was made multiple times before, currently there's no
developer having a good fix for that, setting to bogus since it's a
known request.
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[2008-03-08 06:31:37] php at xyzzy dot cjb dot net
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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