#46056 [NEW]: Function returned by function

From: odakynn at gmail dot com Operating system: Windows XP PHP version: 5.3.0alpha2 PHP Bug Type: Scripting Engine problem Bug description: Function returned by function Description: ------------ I was trying to call a function returned by another function and it caused a parse error. Reproduce code: --------------- function a() { echo 'a'; return create_function('', 'echo \'b\';'); }; a()(); - OR - function a() { echo 'a'; return function() { echo 'b'; }; }; a()(); Expected result: ---------------- ab Actual result: -------------- Parse error: syntax error, unexpected '(' in ... -- Edit bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=46056&edit=1 -- Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 5.2): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=46056&r=trysnapshot52 Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 5.3): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=46056&r=trysnapshot53 Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 6.0): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=46056&r=trysnapshot60 Fixed in CVS: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=46056&r=fixedcvs Fixed in release: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=46056&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=46056&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=46056&r=needscript Try newer version: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=46056&r=oldversion Not developer issue: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=46056&r=support Expected behavior: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=46056&r=notwrong Not enough info: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=46056&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=46056&r=submittedtwice register_globals: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=46056&r=globals PHP 4 support discontinued: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=46056&r=php4 Daylight Savings: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=46056&r=dst IIS Stability: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=46056&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=46056&r=gnused Floating point limitations: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=46056&r=float No Zend Extensions: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=46056&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=46056&r=mysqlcfg