#50617 [Opn->Bgs]: PHP should have Perl style obtaining of values from arrays returned from functi

ID: 50617 Updated by: joey@php.net Reported By: billyellison99 at gmail dot com -Status: Open +Status: Bogus Bug Type: Feature/Change Request PHP Version: 5.3.2RC1 New Comment: Please do not submit the same bug more than once. An existing bug report already describes this very problem. Even if you feel that your issue is somewhat different, the resolution is likely to be the same. Thank you for your interest in PHP. This is a duplicate of http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=23022 Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2009-12-31 05:59:17] jrhodes at roket-enterprises dot com I second this feature request. Function Array Dereferencing allows programmers to write cleaner code and is adopted by many other programming languages such as Ruby and Python. Adding this feature doesn't break any previous code written in PHP. Examples: ============ With FAD: ---- $var = func()[2]; Without FAD: (Current PHP) ---- $var = func(); $var = $var[2]; OR $var = func(); $othervar = $var[2]; unset($var); With FAD: ---- otherfunc(func()[2]); Without FAD: ---- $var = func(); otherfunc($var[2]); unset($var); ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2009-12-31 05:16:57] billyellison99 at gmail dot com Description: ------------ In Perl, I am able to do something like: print (explode(",", $myString))[1]; which would print the second result of explode (which returns an array). Sadly, this feature is lacking in PHP. I'd really like to see this in PHP, because it adds so much convenience to coding, and shortens it, rather than having to assign to a variable, then obtaining the value from the variable. Reproduce code: --------------- <?php $myString = "The,quick,brown,fox"; $secondpart = (explode(",", $myString))[1]; echo $secondpart; ?> Expected result: ---------------- quick Actual result: -------------- Parse error: syntax error, unexpected '[' in /home/billy/Desktop/index.php on line 3 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=50617&edit=1