Req #23022 [Bgs->Csd]: Supported dereferencing array indeces on arbitrary expressions

Edit report at http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=23022&edit=1 ID: 23022 Updated by: cataphract@php.net Reported by: mfischer@php.net Summary: Supported dereferencing array indeces on arbitrary expressions -Status: Bogus +Status: Closed Type: Feature/Change Request -Package: Feature/Change Request +Package: *General Issues Operating System: Any PHP Version: 5CVS-2003-04-02 (dev) -Assigned To: +Assigned To: cataphract Block user comment: N New Comment: Marking as closed, as this has been implemented in trunk. Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2010-02-13 12:43:48] aharvey@php.net Closing, since for better or worse, this has since gone through the RFC process and been declined. Cite: http://wiki.php.net/rfc/functionarraydereferencing ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2010-02-12 21:37:28] zeb at zebhodge dot com I'm baffled that this doesn't work in PHP like it does in so many other languages. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2009-12-31 06:26:48] billyellison99 at gmail dot com I fully support this feature. It'd make my life a whole lot easier, and make my code much neater and smaller. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2009-11-10 03:47:40] kexianbin at diyism dot com For objects, you could hack like this: class user {public $username='jack'; public function __get($prop_name) {return $this->$prop_name(); } private function degree() {return array('doctor', 'master'); } } $aUser=new user(); echo $aUser->degree[1]; ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2009-11-05 05:43:34] glennwidener at gmail dot com I found this lack of symmetry in array references really lame too. If an expression delivers an array, then you should be able to reference an element of that array. The only question is operator precedence and grouping: recommend following the C rules - primary expressions group left to right, parenthesis disambiguate. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ The remainder of the comments for this report are too long. To view the rest of the comments, please view the bug report online at http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=23022 -- Edit this bug report at http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=23022&edit=1