引用当前正在执行的数组

Question

Is it possible to reference the currently executing array from within an array?

I would like to do the following, for example (I used the $this keyword to clarify what I mean, which I need a substitue for obviously):

function somefunction(string $data_string) {
    return array(
        "data" => explode($data_string, "/"),
        "key1" => reset($data_string) !== false ? array_shift($this->"data") : "do something else",
        etc...
    );
}

I could of course solve this by doing the following:

function somefunction(string $data_string) {
    $var["data"] = explode($data_string, "/");
    $var["key1"] = reset($data_string) !== false ? array_shift($var["data"]) : "do something else";
    etc...
    return $var;
}

But it feels as if creating the extra variable $var is unnecessary.

Answer 1

Its not possible to work with array, if you are creating that array. I don´t know any language, where it would be possible. If you need something like this, your code design is probably huge mess. I don´t see anything wrong with "your solution".