Req #45906 [Com]: Cannot use square brackets on a function

Edit report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=45906&edit=1 ID: 45906 Comment by: php dot net at doppy dot nl Reported by: david dot c dot cook+php at gmail dot com Summary: Cannot use square brackets on a function Status: Open Type: Feature/Change Request Package: Feature/Change Request PHP Version: 5.2.6 Block user comment: N Private report: N New Comment: This is implemented in PHP 5.4. This request can be closed. Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2008-08-25 02:35:53] david dot c dot cook+php at gmail dot com Description: ------------ Cannot use square brackets to directly reference array elements in the returned value of a function. As a flexible language that can do pretty much anything, it seems logical to be able to achieve this on one line, without having to first assign the return value to a temporary variable. Reproduce code: --------------- function test() { return array('a', 'b'); } //desired echo test()[0]; //workaround //$temp = test(); //echo $temp[0]; Expected result: ---------------- a Actual result: -------------- Parse error: syntax error, unexpected '[' ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=45906&edit=1