#42727 [NEW]: Zend doesn't fail with syntax error

From: php at hristov dot com Operating system: Linux PHP version: 6CVS-2007-09-21 (CVS) PHP Bug Type: Scripting Engine problem Bug description: Zend doesn't fail with syntax error Description: ------------ See the example and the result. There is a stray quote. There is a warning, but it should be a parse error, shouldn't it? Reproduce code: --------------- <?php ' echo "Should we see this?\n"; ?> Expected result: ---------------- Syntax error on line 2 Actual result: -------------- andrey@whirlpool:~/dev/php6> ./php b.php PHP Warning: Unexpected character in input: ''' (ASCII=39) state=1 in /home/andrey/dev/php6/b.php on line 2 Should we see this? -- Edit bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=42727&edit=1 -- Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 4.4): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=42727&r=trysnapshot44 Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 5.2): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=42727&r=trysnapshot52 Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 6.0): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=42727&r=trysnapshot60 Fixed in CVS: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=42727&r=fixedcvs Fixed in release: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=42727&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=42727&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=42727&r=needscript Try newer version: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=42727&r=oldversion Not developer issue: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=42727&r=support Expected behavior: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=42727&r=notwrong Not enough info: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=42727&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=42727&r=submittedtwice register_globals: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=42727&r=globals PHP 3 support discontinued: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=42727&r=php3 Daylight Savings: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=42727&r=dst IIS Stability: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=42727&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=42727&r=gnused Floating point limitations: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=42727&r=float No Zend Extensions: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=42727&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=42727&r=mysqlcfg