Bug #66672 [NEW]: echo ["a", "b"][0] should be allowed

From: aleemb at gmail dot com Operating system: OS X PHP version: 5.4.25 Package: Arrays related Bug Type: Bug Bug description:echo ["a", "b"][0] should be allowed Description: ------------ <?php assert(["a", "b"][0] == "a"); ?> Test script: --------------- <?php assert(["a", "b"][0] == "a"); ?> Expected result: ---------------- true Actual result: -------------- PHP Parse error: syntax error, unexpected '[' -- Edit bug report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=66672&edit=1 -- Try a snapshot (PHP 5.4): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=66672&r=trysnapshot54 Try a snapshot (PHP 5.5): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=66672&r=trysnapshot55 Try a snapshot (trunk): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=66672&r=trysnapshottrunk Fixed in SVN: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=66672&r=fixed Fixed in release: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=66672&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=66672&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=66672&r=needscript Try newer version: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=66672&r=oldversion Not developer issue: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=66672&r=support Expected behavior: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=66672&r=notwrong Not enough info: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=66672&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=66672&r=submittedtwice register_globals: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=66672&r=globals PHP 4 support discontinued: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=66672&r=php4 Daylight Savings: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=66672&r=dst IIS Stability: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=66672&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=66672&r=gnused Floating point limitations: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=66672&r=float No Zend Extensions: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=66672&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=66672&r=mysqlcfg