#47161 [NEW]: Dereferencing for array/function access

From: a at b dot c dot de Operating system: Windows (irrelevant) PHP version: 5.3.0alpha3 PHP Bug Type: Feature/Change Request Bug description: Dereferencing for array/function access Description: ------------ See Bug #23022. Since we can have arrays that contain arrays, arrays that contain functions, functions that return arrays and functions return functions; and since both arrays and functions effectively define mappings between their arguments/indices and their values; and since we can already dereference array accesses into higher dimensions (i.e., we can write $foo[1][2]); I would like to be able to do the same thing with the other three cases. The bug cited above asks for $foo(1)[2]; I'd like to add a request for $foo[1](2) and $foo(1)(2). Please, sir: can we have these? Reproduce code: --------------- <?php $func = function($a) { return function($b)use($a) { return $a+$b; }; }; echo $func(5)(3); ?> Expected result: ---------------- 8 Actual result: -------------- Parse error: syntax error, unexpected '(', expecting ',' or ';' in C:\test.php on line 9 -- Edit bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=47161&edit=1 -- Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 5.2): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=47161&r=trysnapshot52 Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 5.3): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=47161&r=trysnapshot53 Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 6.0): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=47161&r=trysnapshot60 Fixed in CVS: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=47161&r=fixedcvs Fixed in CVS and need be documented: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=47161&r=needdocs Fixed in release: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=47161&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=47161&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=47161&r=needscript Try newer version: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=47161&r=oldversion Not developer issue: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=47161&r=support Expected behavior: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=47161&r=notwrong Not enough info: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=47161&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=47161&r=submittedtwice register_globals: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=47161&r=globals PHP 4 support discontinued: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=47161&r=php4 Daylight Savings: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=47161&r=dst IIS Stability: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=47161&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=47161&r=gnused Floating point limitations: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=47161&r=float No Zend Extensions: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=47161&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=47161&r=mysqlcfg