Hmm..why doesnt this work?

From	The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid>
Newsgroups	comp.lang.php
Subject	Hmm..why doesnt this work?
Date	2011-11-22 16:10 +0000
Organization	albasani.net
Message-ID	<jaghhf$867$1@news.albasani.net> (permalink)

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$old=(mysql_fetch_assoc(mysql_query(sprintf(
	"select login_name from employees where id='%d'",
		$_POST['id']))))['id'];


Bitching about unexpected '['

But mysql_fetch_assoc() returns an array so what's wrong with

mysql_fetch_assoc()['id'];

??

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Hmm..why doesnt this work? The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2011-11-22 16:10 +0000
  Re: Hmm..why doesnt this work? The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2011-11-22 16:19 +0000
  Re: Hmm..why doesnt this work? tony@mountifield.org (Tony Mountifield) - 2011-11-22 16:22 +0000
    Re: Hmm..why doesnt this work? The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2011-11-22 17:24 +0000
      Re: Hmm..why doesnt this work? tony@mountifield.org (Tony Mountifield) - 2011-11-22 17:44 +0000
        Re: Hmm..why doesnt this work? The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2011-11-22 17:49 +0000
          Re: Hmm..why doesnt this work? The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2011-11-22 17:57 +0000

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