Req #69914 [NEW]: Not possible to specify array type as a return type

From: tim dot bezhashvyly at gmail dot com Operating system: Debian GNU/Linux 8 PHP version: 7.0.0alpha1 Package: PHP Language Specification Bug Type: Feature/Change Request Bug description:Not possible to specify array type as a return type Description: ------------ Specifying specific array type as a return type of a method/function produces a syntax error. Test script: --------------- function foo(): string[] { return ['bar']; } Actual result: -------------- Parse error: syntax error, unexpected '[', expecting ';' or '{' in ... -- Edit bug report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=69914&edit=1 -- Try a snapshot (PHP 5.4): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=69914&r=trysnapshot54 Try a snapshot (PHP 5.5): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=69914&r=trysnapshot55 Try a snapshot (trunk): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=69914&r=trysnapshottrunk Fixed in SVN: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=69914&r=fixed Fixed in release: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=69914&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=69914&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=69914&r=needscript Try newer version: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=69914&r=oldversion Not developer issue: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=69914&r=support Expected behavior: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=69914&r=notwrong Not enough info: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=69914&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=69914&r=submittedtwice register_globals: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=69914&r=globals PHP 4 support discontinued: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=69914&r=php4 Daylight Savings: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=69914&r=dst IIS Stability: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=69914&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=69914&r=gnused Floating point limitations: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=69914&r=float No Zend Extensions: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=69914&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=69914&r=mysqlcfg