Re: echo returnArray()['a']; // workaround

From:	Nathan Rixham	Date:	Fri, 29 Feb 2008 04:38:31 +0000
Subject:	Re: echo returnArray()['a']; // workaround
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Robert Cummings wrote:

On Thu, 2008-02-28 at 23:27 -0500, Robert Cummings wrote:
On Fri, 2008-02-29 at 04:04 +0000, Nathan Rixham wrote:
Robert Cummings wrote:
On Fri, 2008-02-29 at 00:18 +0000, Nathan Rixham wrote:
don't say I didn't warn ya fellow nathan! #!/usr/bin/php <?php function sillyFunc() { return array('a' => 1, 'b' => 2, 'c' => 3, 'd' => 4, 'e'=>'some string'); } echo !${~${''}='sillyFunc'}=&${''}().${~${''}}['e'] . PHP_EOL;
I was ready to use this system everywhere in my code until I saw that it generates an E_STRICT... now I'll just have to keep with what I usually do. Cheers, Rob.
scratch the former! FIXED>> echo !(${~${''}='sillyFunc'}=${''}()).${~${''}}['e'] . PHP_EOL;
Ok, I lied... I'm not really gonna use it. Interesting tidbit of obfuscation though.
BTW... the following is shorter:
    echo ${~${''}='sillyFunc'}['e'] . PHP_EOL;
Cheers, Rob.

but doesn't work over here.. php 5.2.4 && 5