Set Variable to specific element of an array returned by function [duplicate]

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still learning some of the finer parts of PHP, i have a function that returns an array of arrays. And on the times that it is only returning a single "array" i use the below code to save having to reference it as a multi dimensional array. Is there a way to do this on a single line of code? i know it doesnt make much of a differance in this specific scenrio, but just curious if i am missing a short hand of php that might be handy other times.

$res_resource=fetch($stmt_resource);  //returns array of arrays
$res_resource=$res_resource[0];

You could also try current() or other array-pointer functions: us3.php.net/manual/en/function.current.php — Charlie Schliesser
– Charlie Schliesser, Commented Jun 25, 2014 at 17:44

AbraCadaver · Accepted Answer · 2014-06-25 17:42:25Z

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As of PHP 5.4.0:

$res_resource = fetch($stmt_resource)[0];

answered Jun 25, 2014 at 17:42

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Schugs Over a year ago

Thank you for your response. I actually tried this, but Dreamweaver views it as an error, so i assumed it didnt work. While this does work in php 5.4, unfortunetly because Dreamweaver views it as an error, code hint stops working, which is not a good trade off :-D. Thank you again for your response, and this definetly works and functions as intended.

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