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Bug #34563 use of indexer on function return value
Submitted: 2005-09-20 14:20 UTC Modified: 2005-09-20 14:28 UTC
From: colin at breame dot net Assigned:
Status: Not a bug Package: Scripting Engine problem
PHP Version: 5.0.5 OS:
Private report: No CVE-ID: None
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 [2005-09-20 14:20 UTC] colin at breame dot net
Description:
------------
When using an indexer on a return value of a function, the    
compiler returns an error:    
    
parse error, unexpected '['    
    
I would expect it to compile as it would be a valid    
expression. 

Reproduce code:
---------------
Does not compile:
<?php
print test()['test'];
function test() {
        return array('test'=>1);
}
?>

Does compile:
<?php
$tmp = test(); print $tmp['test'];
function test() {
        return array('test'=>1);
}
?>

Expected result:
----------------
 

Actual result:
--------------
PHP Parse error:  parse error, unexpected '[' in test.php 
on line 2 
 

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 [2005-09-20 14:28 UTC] tony2001@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


 [2005-09-20 14:28 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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