note 103455 deleted from function.compact by danbrown

Note Submitter: caron dot mike at gmail dot com ---- ryan, your error is a syntax error, not an undeclared array error. Functions that return arrays cannot be dereferenced inline. You must assign them to a variable before you can dereference it. To show that this is the case, here's a slightly modified version of your example: <?php $tom = "Thomas the Cat"; $jerry = "Jerry the Mouse"; $cat_and_mouse = compact('tom', 'jerry'); //these lines have the same output print_r($cat_and_mouse); print_r(compact('tom', 'jerry')); ?>