[PHP] Return an Array and immediately reference an index

[Daniel Kolbo]

Hello,

I want to return an array from function and reference an index all in 
one line.  Is this possible?

In the code below I want I want $yo to be the array(5,6).

Here is what I've tried,

function returnarray() {
        return array('lose' => array(5,6), 'win' => array(9,8));
}

$yo = returnarray()['lose'];
var_dump($yo);

This yields a parse error.      


function returnarray() {
        return array('lose' => array(5,6), 'win' => array(9,8));
}

$yo = {returnarray()}['lose'];
var_dump($yo);

This yields a parse error.

function returnarray() {
        return array('lose' => array(5,6), 'win' => array(9,8));
}

$yo = ${returnarray()}['lose'];
var_dump($yo);

This gives notices as the result of returnarray() is being converted to 
a string.  $yo === NULL...not what i want.

function returnarray() {
        return array('lose' => array(5,6), 'win' => array(9,8));
}

$yo = returnarray()->['lose'];
var_dump($yo);

This yields a parse error.

function returnarray() {
        return array('lose' => array(5,6), 'win' => array(9,8));
}

$yo = ${returnarray()}->['lose'];
var_dump($yo);

This yields a parse error.

Thanks for your help in advance.

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