#46012 [NEW]: formfeeds are not considered whitespace

From: sebastian_rose at gmx dot de Operating system: Debian testing PHP version: 5.2.6 PHP Bug Type: Feature/Change Request Bug description: formfeeds are not considered whitespace Description: ------------ Formfeeds in PHP scripts trigger a warning, i.e. are NOT considered whitespace a usual. Reproduce code: --------------- <?php /* == Add a formfeed for pageing big files in emacs == */ \f // replace \f with a form feed to test. ?> Expected result: ---------------- I expect to see nothing. All libraries and compilers consider formfeeds a whitespace. I thought about sending this as a bug report at first, but think it's enough to have it here again (after http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=30125 - the same but for Php 4.3.8, September 2004!!!). I'd volunteer to change this if I someone points me to where to start. Actual result: -------------- <br /> <b>Warning</b>: Unexpected character in input: '' (ASCII=12) state=1 in <b>/path/to/test.php</b> on line <b>4</b><br /> -- Edit bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=46012&edit=1 -- Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 5.2): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=46012&r=trysnapshot52 Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 5.3): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=46012&r=trysnapshot53 Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 6.0): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=46012&r=trysnapshot60 Fixed in CVS: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=46012&r=fixedcvs Fixed in release: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=46012&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=46012&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=46012&r=needscript Try newer version: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=46012&r=oldversion Not developer issue: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=46012&r=support Expected behavior: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=46012&r=notwrong Not enough info: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=46012&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=46012&r=submittedtwice register_globals: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=46012&r=globals PHP 4 support discontinued: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=46012&r=php4 Daylight Savings: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=46012&r=dst IIS Stability: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=46012&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=46012&r=gnused Floating point limitations: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=46012&r=float No Zend Extensions: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=46012&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=46012&r=mysqlcfg