PHP use function return value as array

Question

Why is it that this works:

        $cacheMatchesNotPlayed = $cache->load(\'externalData\');
        $cacheMatchesNotPlayed = $cacheMatchesNotPlayed[\'matchesN         


        

Answer 1

PHP just does not support array dereferencing in the way you have described. Also covered here:

PHP syntax for dereferencing function result