Can PHP be more like python? [duplicate]

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Does PHP have an equivalent to Python's list com开发者_如何学编程prehension syntax?

Does PHP have any equivalent of the simple and awesome list comprehension in python? Specifically, can I do a = [x for x in xrange(1,20)] in PHP w/o annoying loops?

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I think this will set you free: http://code.google.com/p/php-lc/

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Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't the python 'x for x in xrange' a loop?

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$a = range(1,19);