list($firstElement) = $this->method(); array_map(array($this, 'doSomething'), $array); Yes, neither is intuitive. And the syntax sucks. And it's not as e

list($firstElement) = $this->method(); array_map(array($this, 'doSomething'), $array); Yes, neither is intuitive. And the syntax sucks. And it's not as easy to read (except sometimes where a method returns a tuple; `list` is wonderful there!). But it's certainly possible...