In PHP are recalls to any given function the variable they return or a call to the function itself

Question

For example:

<?php
    $text="/p hello";
    $a= explode("/",$text);
    $a=$a[1];
    echo $a;
?>

works, however:

<?php
    $text="/p hello";
    $a= explode("/",$text)[1];
    echo $a;
?>

results in a syntax error. In python you can just treat a recall to a function that returns a list/array as a list/array. Is this the same for php?

Why won't you check at yourself? – Alive to die - Anant May 26 '15 at 15:40 — Alive to die - Anant, May 26 '15 at 15:40

n-dru · Accepted Answer · 2015-05-26T15:45:03.380

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In PHP version >= 5.4.0 it will not result in error, but will echo p_hello. You can check it here, changing the version number:

It is called Function Array Dereferencing:

edited May 26 '15 at 15:45

answered May 26 '15 at 15:40

n-dru

Thanks it seems I was using an outdated version of php (5.3). :) – ryanolee May 26 '15 at 15:43

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