Re: Why is some_function()[some_index] invalid syntax?

On Thu, January 10, 2008 10:00 pm, Arlen Christian Mart Cuss wrote: > Why is it that if I try to evaluate an index of an array returned by a > function immediately, a syntax error is produced? (unexpected '[', > expecting ',' or ';') Because PHP is not C. It's language-design was chosen to not let you write complicated expressions that only confuse beginners. There was talk of letting this work on php-internals, but it was shot down, as I recall... Or perhaps not, but nobody actually submitted a patch to make it work, so it's one of those "someday" features... -- Some people have a "gift" link here. Know what I want? I want you to buy a CD from some indie artist. http://cdbaby.com/from/lynch Yeah, I get a buck. So?