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Bug #49804 cannot use [...] after a function returning array
Submitted: 2009-10-07 17:11 UTC Modified: 2009-10-07 19:48 UTC
From: valerio dot giuffrida88 at gmail dot com Assigned:
Status: Not a bug Package: Compile Failure
PHP Version: 5.2SVN-2009-10-07 (snap) OS: ubuntu
Private report: No CVE-ID: None
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 [2009-10-07 17:11 UTC] valerio dot giuffrida88 at gmail dot com
Description:
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If i want to get an element of an array directly returned by a function, using [], it will prints 

Parse error: syntax error, unexpected '[', expecting ',' or ';' in php shell code on line 1

Reproduce code:
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$a = array("a","b","c");

echo array_values($a)[0]; //it (doesnt) works with any function that retuns an array

Expected result:
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print to screen something like that:
a

Actual result:
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Parse error: syntax error, unexpected '[', expecting ',' or ';' in php shell code on line 1

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 [2009-10-07 17:22 UTC] derick@php.net
Thank you for taking the time to write to us, but this is not
a bug. Please double-check the documentation available at
http://www.php.net/manual/ and the instructions on how to report
a bug at http://bugs.php.net/how-to-report.php

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 [2009-10-07 19:48 UTC] valerio dot giuffrida88 at gmail dot com
why not?
Other languanges like C/C++ or java allows that
 
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