#43565 [NEW]: the alternative IF syntax doesnt work with echo

From: peter at 3p1 dot net Operating system: linux PHP version: 5.2.5 PHP Bug Type: Compile Failure Bug description: the alternative IF syntax doesnt work with echo Description: ------------ // Try this $meta = array(); $meta['foo'] = 'bar'; $meta['foo2'] = 'bar2'; //-- THIS DOES NOT WORK -- ($meta['foo']) ? print $meta['foo'] : echo ($meta['foo2']); //-- THIS DOES WORKS -- ($meta['foo']) ? print $meta['foo'] : print ($meta['foo2']); Reproduce code: --------------- // Try this $meta = array(); $meta['foo'] = 'bar'; $meta['foo2'] = 'bar2'; //-- THIS DOES NOT WORK -- ($meta['foo']) ? print $meta['foo'] : echo ($meta['foo2']); //-- THIS DOES WORKS -- ($meta['foo']) ? print $meta['foo'] : print ($meta['foo2']); -- Edit bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=43565&edit=1 -- Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 4.4): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=43565&r=trysnapshot44 Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 5.2): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=43565&r=trysnapshot52 Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 5.3): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=43565&r=trysnapshot53 Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 6.0): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=43565&r=trysnapshot60 Fixed in CVS: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=43565&r=fixedcvs Fixed in release: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=43565&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=43565&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=43565&r=needscript Try newer version: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=43565&r=oldversion Not developer issue: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=43565&r=support Expected behavior: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=43565&r=notwrong Not enough info: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=43565&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=43565&r=submittedtwice register_globals: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=43565&r=globals PHP 3 support discontinued: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=43565&r=php3 Daylight Savings: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=43565&r=dst IIS Stability: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=43565&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=43565&r=gnused Floating point limitations: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=43565&r=float No Zend Extensions: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=43565&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=43565&r=mysqlcfg