#51016 [NEW]: Always associate "else:" followed by colon to an "if:" followed by colon

From: claude dot pache at gmail dot com Operating system: irrelevant PHP version: 5.3.1 PHP Bug Type: Feature/Change Request Bug description: Always associate "else:" followed by colon to an "if:" followed by colon Description: ------------ In case of ambiguity, the statements "else" and "elseif" are always associated to the last previous "if" or "elseif". This rule is not convenable when the else/elseif is followed by a colon and the last previous if/elseif is not. See also: http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=838 Reproduce code: --------------- if(foo): // some code here if (bar) baz; else: // some code here endif; Expected result: ---------------- Since the "else" is followed by a colon (:), it can be associated *unambiguously* with the last "if" followed by a colon (here, "if(foo):"), and not with the last "if" (here, "if(bar)"). Actual result: -------------- Parse error. The "else" is associated with the last "if", and the following ":" is unexpected. -- Edit bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=51016&edit=1 -- Try a snapshot (PHP 5.2): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=51016&r=trysnapshot52 Try a snapshot (PHP 5.3): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=51016&r=trysnapshot53 Try a snapshot (PHP 6.0): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=51016&r=trysnapshot60 Fixed in SVN: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=51016&r=fixed Fixed in SVN and need be documented: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=51016&r=needdocs Fixed in release: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=51016&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=51016&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=51016&r=needscript Try newer version: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=51016&r=oldversion Not developer issue: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=51016&r=support Expected behavior: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=51016&r=notwrong Not enough info: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=51016&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=51016&r=submittedtwice register_globals: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=51016&r=globals PHP 4 support discontinued: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=51016&r=php4 Daylight Savings: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=51016&r=dst IIS Stability: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=51016&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=51016&r=gnused Floating point limitations: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=51016&r=float No Zend Extensions: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=51016&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=51016&r=mysqlcfg