In other languages such as C# and JavaScript, I am able to access the index of an array with a function call such as
getMyArray()[0]
This would allow me to access the first index of the result instead of passing back the entire array and then setting the result.
However this shortcut does not work with PHP. Is there a way to get this shortcut?
You need to be running PHP 5.4 in order to use array de-referencing.
// PHP 5.4
$item = getMyArray()[0];
// Older than 5.4: (not recommended)
list($a) = getMyArray(); // getMyArray()[0]
list(, $b) = getMyArray(); // getMyArray()[1]
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