Bug #18483 Updated: include fails in a switch context

ID: 18483 Updated by: nielsene@mit.edu Reported By: nielsene@mit.edu Status: Bogus -Bug Type: Scripting Engine problem +Bug Type: Feature/Change Request Operating System: Linux PHP Version: 4.1.2 New Comment: I'll change this from a bug report to a feature request as it appears that this is an unsupported use combination of switch/include. I'm writing a family of closely related websites. Costumization code is written by a configurer for including at various points in the boiler-plate code. In several locations this customization code is the body of the switch, with the default being constant between sites, so the include file is just a list of case statements. Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2002-07-23 08:50:55] derick@php.net it has nothing to do with the include statement, but with the switch() statement. Switch() just expects "case " or "default" there. I'm fairly sure this works: switch ($foo) { case 1: include "bar.inc"; break; } It's just not supported. Derick ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2002-07-23 08:47:10] nielsene@mit.edu I'm sorry, I don't see how this is not a bug. I checked over the documentation included user comments before submitting this. No where does it mention that includes are not valid within a switch context. It does mention the need for the braces within a conditional context, which led me to beleive it should work within a switch. If the parser is behaving correctly, then this might be a documentation oversight. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2002-07-23 01:37:06] derick@php.net Thank you for taking the time to write to us, but this is not a bug. Please double-check the documentation available at http://www.php.net/manual/ and the instructions on how to report a bug at http://bugs.php.net/how-to-report.php ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2002-07-22 22:46:07] nielsene@mit.edu Using an include (or require) from within a switch statement, generates a parse error (expecting T_CASE or T_DEFAULT). --test.php <?php $foo=1; switch($foo) { include "bar.inc"; } exit; ?> --bar.inc <?php case 1: echo "1"; break; case 2: echo "2"; break; default : echo "3"; break; ?> -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=18483&edit=1