Bug #61569 [Com]: Syntax error for calling a closure using array accesor on function call

Edit report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=61569&edit=1 ID: 61569 Comment by: nikic@php.net Reported by: oxygenus at gmail dot com Summary: Syntax error for calling a closure using array accesor on function call Status: Open Type: Bug Package: Scripting Engine problem Operating System: ANY PHP Version: master Block user comment: N Private report: N New Comment: I mentioned this some time ago on internals, but it didn't seem like anyone was interested in this :( Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2012-03-31 01:51:18] yohgaki@php.net Changed package to Scripting Engine Problem and OS is irrelevant. Anyway, will this be supported? ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2012-03-30 15:36:18] oxygenus at gmail dot com Description: ------------ Parse error: syntax error, unexpected '(' in C:\phpinfo.php on line 26 26: giveArray($arrFunctions)[0]("Hello world") Test script: --------------- <?php function giveArray($arrSomething) { return $arrSomething; } $arrFunctions=[ 0=>function($strSomeParam) { return $strSomeParam; }, ]; //this works var_export( giveArray($arrFunctions)[0] ); //this works var_export( $arrFunctions[0]("Hello world") ); //this fails compilation with syntax error var_export( giveArray($arrFunctions)[0]("Hello world") ); Expected result: ---------------- Closure::__set_state(array( ))'Hello world''Hello world' Actual result: -------------- Parse error: syntax error, unexpected '(' in C:\phpinfo.php on line 26 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=61569&edit=1