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To: dukeofgaming <dukeofgaming@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] RFC: Short syntax for Arrays (redux)
From: justin@justincarmony.com (Justin Carmony)

I agree with this. So the idea would be adding short hand object =
notation for PHP, inspired by JSON, but we also allow for associative =
arrays. So:

$object =3D { 'var1': 'one', 'var2': 'two' }; // for an object
$assoc_array =3D [ 'var1': 'one', 'var2': 'two' ]; // for an array

// even mix and match

$person =3D {
'name': 'Justin',
'city': 'Ogden'
'phones' : [
    'home': '555-3928',
    'work': '555-3922'
]
};

echo $person->phones['home']; // output: 555-3928

The other option is the [] shorthand would create an ArrayObject, so you =
can interact with the object like an array or object. But I think it is =
important that we make it possible to allow for array AND object =
shorthand.

Justin

On May 31, 2011, at 3:56 PM, dukeofgaming wrote:

> Guys, as I said earlier, not even javascript (from javascript object
> notation, as in JSON) is 100% interoperable with JSON because single =
quotes
> are valid in javascript and not in json. I say ":" is way more cleaner =
than
> "=3D>" and it is a good opportunity to adopt it.