Bug #52401 [Opn->Bgs]: throw construct invalid within conditional

Edit report at http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=52401&edit=1 ID: 52401 Updated by: aharvey@php.net Reported by: andrew at ajohnstone dot com Summary: throw construct invalid within conditional -Status: Open +Status: Bogus Type: Bug Package: Scripting Engine problem PHP Version: 5.3.2 New Comment: By design; you can only use an expression in that context, not a statement or control structure. Note that return wouldn't work there either. Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2010-07-22 12:17:47] andrew at ajohnstone dot com Description: ------------ The following is a valid: (!array_key_exists($class, $this->_data)) AND new InvalidArgumentException("Class does not exist"); However the following is not: (!array_key_exists($class, $this->_data)) AND throw new InvalidArgumentException("Class does not exist"); Test script: --------------- (!array_key_exists($class, $this->_data)) AND throw new InvalidArgumentException("Class does not exist"); Expected result: ---------------- No syntax error Actual result: -------------- Parse error: syntax error, unexpected ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=52401&edit=1