#42346 [NEW]: highlight_string on string of PHP code with unterminated comment: wrong output

From: amazon_shipping_dept at yahoo dot com Operating system: Windows XP SP2 PHP version: 5.2.3 PHP Bug Type: Unknown/Other Function Bug description: highlight_string on string of PHP code with unterminated comment: wrong output Description: ------------ Running highlight_string() on a string with PHP code and an unterminated comment, produces output that doesn't have the comment. Additionally, when the string is dynamically generated from the file-content of a PHP file using file_get_contents(), a PHP warning about unterminated comments is present in the output. Reproduce code: --------------- echo highlight_string('<?php echo "hello"; /*comment*/ /*unterminated comment', true); Expected result: ---------------- <code><span style="color: #000000"> <span style="color: #0000BB">&lt;?php&nbsp;</span><span style="color: #007700">echo&nbsp;</span><span style="color: #DD0000">"hello"</span><span style="color: #007700">;&nbsp;</span><span style="color: #FF8000">/*comment*/&nbsp;</span><span style="color: #FF8000">/*unterminated comment;</span> </span> </code> Actual result: -------------- <code><span style="color: #000000"> <span style="color: #0000BB">&lt;?php&nbsp;</span><span style="color: #007700">echo&nbsp;</span><span style="color: #DD0000">"hello"</span><span style="color: #007700">;&nbsp;</span><span style="color: #FF8000">/*comment*/&nbsp;</span> </span> </code> -- Edit bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=42346&edit=1 -- Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 4.4): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=42346&r=trysnapshot44 Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 5.2): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=42346&r=trysnapshot52 Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 6.0): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=42346&r=trysnapshot60 Fixed in CVS: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=42346&r=fixedcvs Fixed in release: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=42346&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=42346&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=42346&r=needscript Try newer version: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=42346&r=oldversion Not developer issue: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=42346&r=support Expected behavior: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=42346&r=notwrong Not enough info: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=42346&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=42346&r=submittedtwice register_globals: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=42346&r=globals PHP 3 support discontinued: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=42346&r=php3 Daylight Savings: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=42346&r=dst IIS Stability: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=42346&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=42346&r=gnused Floating point limitations: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=42346&r=float No Zend Extensions: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=42346&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=42346&r=mysqlcfg