#45154 [NEW]: /* or -- no longer used as comment chars

From: dillama at canada dot com Operating system: Linux PHP version: 5.2.6 PHP Bug Type: MySQL related Bug description: /* or -- no longer used as comment chars Description: ------------ /* can no longer be used as a comment character to ignore all text after this character (seems to only affect 5.2) -- never worked as a comment character in previous version of PHP Reproduce code: --------------- $dbh = @mysql_connect ("localhost", "aaa", "aaa") or die ("Cannot connect to DB"); mysql_select_db("test",$dbh) or die ("Cannot select DB"); $sql="select something from table /* dsfadsfasdfadfasdfasfdmkkn"; $result=mysql_query($sql,$dbh) or die ("Cannot submit query" . mysql_error()); Expected result: ---------------- As similar to PHP 5.1 series, the above statement should run without error. Note, -- should work but have never worked either. Actual result: -------------- SQL Error : 1064 You have an error in your SQL syntax; check the manual that corresponds to your MySQL server version for the right syntax to use near -- Edit bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=45154&edit=1 -- Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 5.2): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=45154&r=trysnapshot52 Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 5.3): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=45154&r=trysnapshot53 Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 6.0): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=45154&r=trysnapshot60 Fixed in CVS: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=45154&r=fixedcvs Fixed in release: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=45154&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=45154&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=45154&r=needscript Try newer version: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=45154&r=oldversion Not developer issue: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=45154&r=support Expected behavior: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=45154&r=notwrong Not enough info: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=45154&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=45154&r=submittedtwice register_globals: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=45154&r=globals PHP 4 support discontinued: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=45154&r=php4 Daylight Savings: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=45154&r=dst IIS Stability: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=45154&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=45154&r=gnused Floating point limitations: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=45154&r=float No Zend Extensions: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=45154&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=45154&r=mysqlcfg