[UPHPU] Accessing an element in an array returned from a function

[Walt Haas]

Richard K Miller wrote:
> If abc() returns an array, is there any possible notation that lets me 
> access a single element?
>
>     echo abc()[0];   // I wish this were possible
>
> ...instead of having to use an intermediate variable?
>
>     $temp = abc();   // $temp is ugly
PHP 5.2 does seem to support the so-called "fluent programming" style:

<?php

class Order
{
  private $itemList;

  public function __construct()
  {
    $this->itemList = array();
  }

  public function addItem($arg)
  {
    $this->itemList[] = $arg;
    return $this;
  }

  public function printItems()
  {
    foreach( (array)$this->itemList as $item ) {
      print "  $item\n";
    }
  }
 
}

$order = new Order;
$order->addItem('something')
      ->addItem('anotherthing')
      ->addItem('something else')
      ->printItems();