#27150 [NEW]: array returning mechanism from objects?

From: sven at leon dot uia dot mx Operating system: All (redhat 90) PHP version: 5.0.0b3 (beta3) PHP Bug Type: Feature/Change Request Bug description: array returning mechanism from objects? Description: ------------ I have a number of feature requests: 1) Could it be possible to immediately access an array that was returned from a function, just like its possible to access object functions immediately? This way its easy to safely access arrays that are privately stored inside an object (so that another person can not (accidentally) change information inside that array. i.e. $temp=$object->return_object($parameter)->data($key); for an array (that is privately kept inside an object): $temp=$object->return_array($parameter)[$key]; where $object->return_array would be like: function return_array(){ return $copied_array=$private_array; } This same (feature request) has been asked in report 25898, but the given "possible solution" did not seem to match my question. 2) Could it be possible for functions that accept parameters by reference, and return values by reference, to also accept static value's like strings or booleans? This would be very nice in situations where I would have to accept a large string PLUS a small piece of text like "hey", and it would be very usefull too in situations where I would have to return either an array or FALSE. like this: $data="hey"; test(TRUE, $data."<br>"); function test($param1, &$param2){ $data=array($param2, "bye"); If($param1) { return $data; } else { return FALSE; } } The above script will fail with beta 3 on both the parameters (since a static string was part of $param2) and the return value (Becouse FALSE is also not a variable) This is a functionality I have used alot in other programming languages, without problems. Sending strings by reference will (in my opinion) make it possible to optimize your scripts a little more. -- Edit bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=27150&edit=1 -- Try a CVS snapshot (php4): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=27150&r=trysnapshot4 Try a CVS snapshot (php5): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=27150&r=trysnapshot5 Fixed in CVS: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=27150&r=fixedcvs Fixed in release: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=27150&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=27150&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=27150&r=needscript Try newer version: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=27150&r=oldversion Not developer issue: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=27150&r=support Expected behavior: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=27150&r=notwrong Not enough info: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=27150&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=27150&r=submittedtwice register_globals: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=27150&r=globals PHP 3 support discontinued: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=27150&r=php3 Daylight Savings: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=27150&r=dst IIS Stability: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=27150&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=27150&r=gnused Floating point limitations: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=27150&r=float