People use method chaining all the time and don't have any issue with it? It's equivalent to something like: $result = $arr ->column('values')

People use method chaining all the time and don't have any issue with it? It's equivalent to something like: $result = $arr ->column('values') ->merge() ->reduce(fn($carry, $item) => $carry + $item, 0) ->repeat('x'); I think this just comes down to familiarity.