Bug #65330 [Opn->Nab]: Attaching a variable to an array within the return construct doesn't work

Edit report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=65330&edit=1 ID: 65330 Updated by: laruence@php.net Reported by: fausten at pw-internet dot de Summary: Attaching a variable to an array within the return construct doesn't work -Status: Open +Status: Not a bug Type: Bug Package: Arrays related Operating System: FreeBSD 9.1 PHP Version: 5.4.17 Block user comment: N Private report: N New Comment: Thank you for taking the time to write to us, but this is not a bug. Please double-check the documentation available at http://www.php.net/manual/ and the instructions on how to report a bug at http://bugs.php.net/how-to-report.php I think you should use function foo() { $arrFoo = array(); $arrFoo[] = "foo"; return $arrFoo; } $arrFoo[] = "foo" expression result a "foo" as tmp result... so.. Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2013-07-25 08:41:04] fausten at pw-internet dot de Description: ------------ If you try within a return construct to attach a variable to an array, the array will be overwriten by the value you tried to attach to it. Because the following examples work, it should also work with test script due to consistency. $ php -r 'function foo() { $intNumber = 0; return $intNumber + 1 + 2; } var_dump(foo());' int(3) $ php -r 'function bar() { $strText = "foo"; return $strText . "bar"; } var_dump(bar());' string(6) "foobar" Test script: --------------- $ php -r 'function foo() { $arrFoo = array(); return $arrFoo[] = "foo"; } var_dump(foo());' Expected result: ---------------- array(1) { [0]=> string(3) "foo" } Actual result: -------------- string(3) "foo" ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=65330&edit=1