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Asked: May 13, 20262026-05-13T10:04:31+00:00 2026-05-13T10:04:31+00:00

I have the line if( getdate($start_time)[‘hours’] == 0 ){ and I am getting Parse

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I have the line

if( getdate($start_time)['hours'] == 0 ){

and I am getting

Parse error: syntax error, unexpected '['

But if I change the line to

$start_time_as_date = getdate($start_time);
if( $start_time_as_date['hours'] == 0 ){

I don’t get an error. Do I always have to save an array to a variable to access its data? Or is there some way to make the first line work?

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    2026-05-13T10:04:31+00:00Added an answer on May 13, 2026 at 10:04 am

    Yes you do. PHP does not allow you to access an array return value in that way.

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