#41629 [NEW]: PHP assumes <?xml ?> tags to be PHP opening tags and attempts to parse them

From: nathan dot m at adelphia dot net Operating system: Windows XP Pro, Linux PHP version: 4.4.7 PHP Bug Type: Unknown/Other Function Bug description: PHP assumes <?xml ?> tags to be PHP opening tags and attempts to parse them Description: ------------ When short opening tags for PHP(<? and ?>) are enabled, php mistakenly attempts to parse <?xml ?> tags. I've tested this on multiple servers. Reproduce code: --------------- <?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?> Expected result: ---------------- The page displayed correctly. Actual result: -------------- Parse error: parse error, unexpected T_STRING in /path/to/index.php on line 1 -- Edit bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=41629&edit=1 -- Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 4.4): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=41629&r=trysnapshot44 Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 5.2): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=41629&r=trysnapshot52 Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 6.0): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=41629&r=trysnapshot60 Fixed in CVS: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=41629&r=fixedcvs Fixed in release: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=41629&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=41629&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=41629&r=needscript Try newer version: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=41629&r=oldversion Not developer issue: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=41629&r=support Expected behavior: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=41629&r=notwrong Not enough info: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=41629&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=41629&r=submittedtwice register_globals: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=41629&r=globals PHP 3 support discontinued: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=41629&r=php3 Daylight Savings: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=41629&r=dst IIS Stability: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=41629&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=41629&r=gnused Floating point limitations: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=41629&r=float No Zend Extensions: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=41629&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=41629&r=mysqlcfg