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Re: Hmm..why doesnt this work? [message #176081 is a reply to message #176080]

Tue, 22 November 2011 17:49

The Natural Philosoph
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Tony Mountifield wrote:
> In article <jaglt2$k0v$1(at)news(dot)albasani(dot)net>,
> The Natural Philosopher <tnp(at)invalid(dot)invalid> wrote:
>> The point remains. Why does mysql_fetch_assoc(.....)['name'] return a
>> SYNTAX error?
>
> I expect it's just because the creators of PHP just didn't think of it.
> I can't find any comment on the topic in the only PHP manual.
>
> Unlike C and Perl, which were actually DESIGNED and have a regular,
> orthogonal and consistent syntax, PHP appears to have just grown like
> Topsy, without any consideration of consistency or regularity (at least
> in the early days, but then you have an installed base to remain
> compatible with, so it's hard to fix the inconsistencies).
>

Now THAT is a perfectly reasonable explanation..

But implementing that would not actually upset anything that exists:
merely make something that didn't work before (and arguably should)
work..now!

(or in some future release).

> Cheers
> Tony

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		Hmm..why doesnt this work? By: The Natural Philosoph on Tue, 22 November 2011 16:10
		Re: Hmm..why doesnt this work? By: The Natural Philosoph on Tue, 22 November 2011 16:19
		Re: Hmm..why doesnt this work? By: tony on Tue, 22 November 2011 16:22
		Re: Hmm..why doesnt this work? By: The Natural Philosoph on Tue, 22 November 2011 17:24
		Re: Hmm..why doesnt this work? By: tony on Tue, 22 November 2011 17:44
		Re: Hmm..why doesnt this work? By: The Natural Philosoph on Tue, 22 November 2011 17:49
		Re: Hmm..why doesnt this work? By: The Natural Philosoph on Tue, 22 November 2011 17:57

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