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

ID: 47161 User updated by: a at b dot c dot de Reported By: a at b dot c dot de Status: Open Bug Type: Feature/Change Request Operating System: Windows (irrelevant) PHP Version: 5.3.0alpha3 New Comment: Perhaps I should just add.... although I reference Bug #23022, I'm not asking for this to be over _arbitrary_ expressions, only arrays and callables. I don't want this language turning into Perl :) Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2009-01-20 09:08:50] a at b dot c dot de 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 this bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=47161&edit=1