#38836 [NEW]: string concatenation operator does not work across multiple lines in classes

From: evoltech at 2inches dot com Operating system: Linux PHP version: 5CVS-2006-09-15 (snap) PHP Bug Type: Strings related Bug description: string concatenation operator does not work across multiple lines in classes Description: ------------ PHP is great! I love this language, and I apreciate the work of the developers ... you are all very awesome! The following code works as I expect: <?php $var = "this" . "that" . "other\n"; print $var; ?> thisthatother When I use the concatenation operator in a class however I get a parse error. Reproduce code: --------------- <?php class foo { public static $var = "this" . "that" . "other\n"; } print foo::$var; ?> Expected result: ---------------- thisthatother Actual result: -------------- Parse error: syntax error, unexpected '.', expecting ',' or ';' -- Edit bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=38836&edit=1 -- Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 4.4): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=38836&r=trysnapshot44 Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 5.2): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=38836&r=trysnapshot52 Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 6.0): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=38836&r=trysnapshot60 Fixed in CVS: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=38836&r=fixedcvs Fixed in release: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=38836&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=38836&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=38836&r=needscript Try newer version: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=38836&r=oldversion Not developer issue: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=38836&r=support Expected behavior: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=38836&r=notwrong Not enough info: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=38836&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=38836&r=submittedtwice register_globals: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=38836&r=globals PHP 3 support discontinued: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=38836&r=php3 Daylight Savings: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=38836&r=dst IIS Stability: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=38836&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=38836&r=gnused Floating point limitations: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=38836&r=float No Zend Extensions: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=38836&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=38836&r=mysqlcfg