Req #61881 [NEW]: Dereferencing in returning References

From: Operating system: PHP version: 5.4.1 Package: *General Issues Bug Type: Feature/Change Request Bug description:Dereferencing in returning References Description: ------------ As in Example #8 Array dereferencing (http://docs.php.net/manual/en/language.types.array.php) // As of PHP 5.4 it is possible to array dereference the result of a function or method call directly. Before it was only possible using a temporary variable. $secondElement = getArray()[1]; I would expect same in Returning References: class foo { public $value = 42; public function &getValue() { return $this->value; } } &$foo->getValue() = 'new value'; instead of ... $v = &$foo->getValue(); $v = 'bla'; Or does any syntax to do it directly already exists? :) Thank You Test script: --------------- none -- Edit bug report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=61881&edit=1 -- Try a snapshot (PHP 5.4): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=61881&r=trysnapshot54 Try a snapshot (PHP 5.3): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=61881&r=trysnapshot53 Try a snapshot (trunk): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=61881&r=trysnapshottrunk Fixed in SVN: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=61881&r=fixed Fixed in SVN and need be documented: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=61881&r=needdocs Fixed in release: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=61881&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=61881&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=61881&r=needscript Try newer version: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=61881&r=oldversion Not developer issue: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=61881&r=support Expected behavior: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=61881&r=notwrong Not enough info: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=61881&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=61881&r=submittedtwice register_globals: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=61881&r=globals PHP 4 support discontinued: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=61881&r=php4 Daylight Savings: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=61881&r=dst IIS Stability: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=61881&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=61881&r=gnused Floating point limitations: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=61881&r=float No Zend Extensions: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=61881&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=61881&r=mysqlcfg