Bug #8685 Updated: heredoc: remove column 1 closing identifier requirement

ID: 8685 Updated by: philip@php.net -Summary: Here-Syntax problem Reported By: h.radi@nme.at -Status: Bogus +Status: Open Bug Type: Feature/Change Request -PHP Version: 4.1.1 +PHP Version: 4.3.0 New Comment: This is a valid feature request and is not bogus. If this is impossible to implement that's one thing (close this if it is) but obviously many share feelings towards this request. Bogus->Open Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2002-03-25 21:26:34] marcj@historia.et.tudelft.nl I agree with h.radi, philip and phanto: the end tag should not have to start at the beginning of a line. As a counterexample, consider bash. In fact, I'd like to ask for something similar to bash's `<<-' (i.e., a here doc with leading tabs removed, both from the text _and_ the end tag. See man bash). This way, one can have both the source and the html looking clean and indented. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2002-01-30 05:35:24] phanto@php.net therfore i wrote 'on its own line'. i suppose heredoc is handled by the scanner, so this should not be a problem. yohgaki: you were talking about reasons and mentioned only one that isn't a reason for me. any other reasons ? ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2002-01-29 20:17:30] yohgaki@php.net There are good reasons this will not be implemented. (As original(?) author memtioned) Think about possibility that begin/end of heredoc mark appears in text and how paser handle text and begin/end of heredoc. Supporting this does not worth effort, IMHO. This is just my opinion, so feel free to create/submit patch. ;) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2002-01-29 07:59:05] phanto@php.net thank you philip :) closing it silently after over a year is a bit to easy. this realy obfuscates php code a lot and i don't see any valid reason. so maybe this is an issue for ZE2. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2002-01-28 21:35:42] philip@php.net I like this feature request, so am reopening it :) Until someone replies with a definitive response as to why such heredoc spacing is required in PHP. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ The remainder of the comments for this report are too long. To view the rest of the comments, please view the bug report online at http://bugs.php.net/8685 -- Edit this bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=8685&edit=1