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Subject: Array access on function returns
From: kalle@php.net (Kalle Sommer Nielsen)

Hey Internals

I've been wondering for quite some time why PHP doesn't allow you to access
arrays when you assign it to a value like in Javascript:

function ArrayTest(Array $range)
{
	return($range);
}

$range = Array(1337 => Array('Hello World'));

echo ArrayTest($range)[1337};


I would really like to see this introduced in PHP sometime (Perhaps as  
an extra addition to 5.3's new and sleek features).

This is very useful in a few areas and can save a few lines of code  
here and there.

unfortunately Im not a C Programmer myself else I've would have  
provided a patch for this =/


Cheers

Kalle Sommer Nielsen
Zend Certified Engineer