Re: [RFC proposal] Syntactic sugar for array push()

From: Date: Fri, 12 Sep 2025 19:02:04 +0000
Subject: Re: [RFC proposal] Syntactic sugar for array push()
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[+] array_push [-] array_pop [-<] array_shift array_unshift() is a special case of array_merge(), so it would then need syntactic sugar for merging arrays, or rather a reserved merge. pi 12. 9. 2025 o 16:23 Rob Landers <rob@bottled.codes> napísal(a): > > > On Fri, Sep 12, 2025, at 13:06, Dušan Kreheľ wrote: > > Hm, I didn't know about $array[] = 1;. > > It would make sense if it were: $a[+] for push() and $a[-] for pop(). > > pi 12. 9. 2025 o 12:35 Ken Guest <kguest@php.net> napísal(a): > > But we already have $array[] = 1; - are you unaware of it or is there > some other benefit to what you are suggesting? > > What might interest people would be a syntactic sugar/shorthand for > array_pop but I have no idea what that might look like. > > On Fri, 12 Sept 2025 at 11:21, Dušan Kreheľ <dusankrehel@gmail.com> wrote: > > A proposal to add syntactic sugar for array_push() in PHP. > > Syntax: > // now > array_push($array, 1); > > // new syntax > > $array[+]=1; > > > Dušan Kreheľ > > > > -- > http://about.me/kenguest/ > > > I'd personally rather have sugar for array_unshift and array_shift, than > pop and push. > > — Rob >

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