note 80847 added to ref.array

Please forgive me for asking a question but this has been bugging me FOREVER! When a function returns an array, how do I access it directly instead of setting a variable to it and accessing the variable? Instead of $a=mysqli_fetch_array($a);return$a[0]; I want to do return mysqli_fetch_array($a)[0]; But PHP has a compile error when I do that x_x ---- Server IP: 64.71.164.2 Probable Submitter: 67.53.37.218 ---- Manual Page -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/ref.array.php Edit -- https://master.php.net/note/edit/80847 Del: integrated -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/80847/integrated Del: useless -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/80847/useless Del: bad code -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/80847/bad+code Del: spam -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/80847/spam Del: non-english -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/80847/non-english Del: in docs -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/80847/in+docs Del: other reasons-- https://master.php.net/note/delete/80847 Reject -- https://master.php.net/note/reject/80847 Search -- https://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php