Array access on function returns

Hey Internals I've been wondering for quite some time why PHP doesn't allow you to access arrays when you assign it to a value like in Javascript: function ArrayTest(Array $range) { return($range); } $range = Array(1337 => Array('Hello World')); echo ArrayTest($range)[1337}; I would really like to see this introduced in PHP sometime (Perhaps as an extra addition to 5.3's new and sleek features). This is very useful in a few areas and can save a few lines of code here and there. unfortunately Im not a C Programmer myself else I've would have provided a patch for this =/ Cheers Kalle Sommer Nielsen Zend Certified Engineer