Bug #72981 [NEW]: Interpolated strings cannot be dereferenced directly

From: nikic Operating system: PHP version: master-Git-2016-08-30 (Git) Package: Scripting Engine problem Bug Type: Bug Bug description:Interpolated strings cannot be dereferenced directly Description: ------------ As of PHP 5.6 it is possible to write "foo"[0]. However, if the string uses interpolation this does not work and leads to a parse error. Test script: --------------- <?php $bar = "bar"; var_dump("foo$bar"[0]); Expected result: ---------------- string(1) "f" Actual result: -------------- Parse error: syntax error, unexpected '[', expecting ',' or ')' -- Edit bug report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=72981&edit=1 -- Try a snapshot (PHP 5.4): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=72981&r=trysnapshot54 Try a snapshot (PHP 5.5): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=72981&r=trysnapshot55 Try a snapshot (trunk): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=72981&r=trysnapshottrunk Fixed in SVN: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=72981&r=fixed Fixed in release: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=72981&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=72981&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=72981&r=needscript Try newer version: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=72981&r=oldversion Not developer issue: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=72981&r=support Expected behavior: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=72981&r=notwrong Not enough info: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=72981&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=72981&r=submittedtwice register_globals: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=72981&r=globals PHP 4 support discontinued: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=72981&r=php4 Daylight Savings: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=72981&r=dst IIS Stability: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=72981&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=72981&r=gnused Floating point limitations: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=72981&r=float No Zend Extensions: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=72981&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=72981&r=mysqlcfg