alternative to operator[] for arrays in php

Question

Is there any alternative to operator[] for arrays in php?

function getArray() {
    return array(1, 2, 3);
}
$e = getArray()[1];

In my php version this doesn't work. Any suggestons of graceful syntax?

At the moment the two-line solution seems to be the only possibility:

$arr = getArray();
$e = arr[1];

Thanks

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1459377/access-array-returned-by-a-function-in-php — Fabian de Pabian, Jul 31 '14 at 14:43

score 2 · Answer 1 · answered Jul 31 '14 at 14:43

2

Just change it to be a two-liner:

function getArray() {
    return array(1, 2, 3);
}
$e = getArray();
echo $e[1];

answered Jul 31 '14 at 14:43

John Conde

score 1 · Answer 2 · edited Jul 31 '14 at 14:45

1

You can access it like this:

function getArray() {
    return array(1, 2, 3);
}

$e = getArray();
echo $e[1];

It will have a consistent behavior across all PHP versions.

edited Jul 31 '14 at 14:45

Gab

answered Jul 31 '14 at 14:43

Daan

2 Answers2