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To: "S.A.N" <ua.san.alex@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] [RFC] Additional splat operator usage
From: ajf@ajf.me (Andrea Faulds)


> On 23 Nov 2014, at 23:07, S.A.N <ua.san.alex@gmail.com> wrote:
>=20
> I always wanted to have an analog XPath to access the array elements.
> Something like:
>=20
> <?php
>=20
> $array =3D ['x' =3D> ['p' =3D> ['a' =3D> ['t' =3D> ['h' =3D> =
'value']]]]];
> $xpath =3D ['x', 'p', 'a', 't', 'h'];
> $value =3D $array[...$xpath];
>=20
> var_dump($value); // string(5) "value"
>=20
> ?>
>=20
> This is certainly a topic for another RFC, but this functionality will =
be
> useful in PHP.

That would be quite confusing, we don=E2=80=99t allow $array[=E2=80=98x=E2=
=80=99, =E2=80=98p=E2=80=99, =E2=80=98a=E2=80=99, =E2=80=99t=E2=80=99, =
=E2=80=98h=E2=80=99] just now.

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