#50564 [NEW]: Warning: Unexpected character in input: '\' (ASCII=92) state=1 in ...

From: wyattstorch42 at gmail dot com Operating system: Linux PHP version: 5.2.12 PHP Bug Type: Strings related Bug description: Warning: Unexpected character in input: '\' (ASCII=92) state=1 in ... Description: ------------ Hello, I have slaved over this one line of code and confirmed that there is absolutely nothing wrong with it. I have even modified it and received the same error. The error even persists when the line is commented out. I receive a parse error as well as a warning for the backslash. Reproduce code: --------------- <?php $contents = "<?php\r\n \$galleryDesc = \"".addslashes($galleryDesc)."\";\r\n"; ?> Expected result: ---------------- I expected the value of $contents to be: <?php $galleryDesc = "..."; Actual result: -------------- Warning: Unexpected character in input: '\' (ASCII=92) state=1 in ... on line ... Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_STRING in ... on line ... -- Edit bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=50564&edit=1 -- Try a snapshot (PHP 5.2): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50564&r=trysnapshot52 Try a snapshot (PHP 5.3): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50564&r=trysnapshot53 Try a snapshot (PHP 6.0): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50564&r=trysnapshot60 Fixed in SVN: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50564&r=fixed Fixed in SVN and need be documented: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50564&r=needdocs Fixed in release: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50564&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50564&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50564&r=needscript Try newer version: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50564&r=oldversion Not developer issue: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50564&r=support Expected behavior: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50564&r=notwrong Not enough info: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50564&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50564&r=submittedtwice register_globals: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50564&r=globals PHP 4 support discontinued: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50564&r=php4 Daylight Savings: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50564&r=dst IIS Stability: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50564&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50564&r=gnused Floating point limitations: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50564&r=float No Zend Extensions: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50564&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50564&r=mysqlcfg