#50038 [NEW]: PHP doesn't like it when a namespace starts with a number for example 12eggs

From: me at gerryevans dot com Operating system: CentOS PHP version: 5.3.0 PHP Bug Type: Unknown/Other Function Bug description: PHP doesn't like it when a namespace starts with a number for example 12eggs Description: ------------ PHP doesn't like it when a namespace starts with a number for example a namespace 12eggs will get a parse error ("syntax error, unexpected T_LNUMBER, expecting T_STRING or T_NS_SEPARATOR or '{'"). Reproduce code: --------------- <?php namespace 12eggs; echo __NAMESPACE__; ?> Expected result: ---------------- 12eggs Actual result: -------------- Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_LNUMBER, expecting T_STRING or T_NS_SEPARATOR or '{' in FILE on line 3 -- Edit bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=50038&edit=1 -- Try a snapshot (PHP 5.2): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50038&r=trysnapshot52 Try a snapshot (PHP 5.3): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50038&r=trysnapshot53 Try a snapshot (PHP 6.0): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50038&r=trysnapshot60 Fixed in SVN: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50038&r=fixed Fixed in SVN and need be documented: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50038&r=needdocs Fixed in release: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50038&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50038&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50038&r=needscript Try newer version: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50038&r=oldversion Not developer issue: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50038&r=support Expected behavior: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50038&r=notwrong Not enough info: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50038&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50038&r=submittedtwice register_globals: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50038&r=globals PHP 4 support discontinued: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50038&r=php4 Daylight Savings: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50038&r=dst IIS Stability: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50038&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50038&r=gnused Floating point limitations: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50038&r=float No Zend Extensions: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50038&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50038&r=mysqlcfg