Bug #52676 [NEW]: Eval will crash script when function inside returns a string to be eval'ed

From: Operating system: any PHP version: 5.3.3 Package: *General Issues Bug Type: Bug Bug description:Eval will crash script when function inside returns a string to be eval'ed Description: ------------ The code below shows the problem. Any return statement inside the function that is supposed to create the code to be evaluated will crash PHP. Not even Apache will send a header anymore. A white page appears. If the returned string is stored i a variable first it will work fine. The quickest fix is a (string) cast inside the eval function. eval((string)foo()); Test script: --------------- function foo() { return 'echo time();'; } eval(foo()); -- Edit bug report at http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=52676&edit=1 -- Try a snapshot (PHP 5.2): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52676&r=trysnapshot52 Try a snapshot (PHP 5.3): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52676&r=trysnapshot53 Try a snapshot (trunk): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52676&r=trysnapshottrunk Fixed in SVN: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52676&r=fixed Fixed in SVN and need be documented: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52676&r=needdocs Fixed in release: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52676&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52676&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52676&r=needscript Try newer version: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52676&r=oldversion Not developer issue: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52676&r=support Expected behavior: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52676&r=notwrong Not enough info: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52676&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52676&r=submittedtwice register_globals: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52676&r=globals PHP 4 support discontinued: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52676&r=php4 Daylight Savings: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52676&r=dst IIS Stability: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52676&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52676&r=gnused Floating point limitations: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52676&r=float No Zend Extensions: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52676&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52676&r=mysqlcfg