Bug #52851 [NEW]: Bug with eval() parsing strings

From: Operating system: Windows PHP version: 5.3.3 Package: Strings related Bug Type: Bug Bug description:Bug with eval() parsing strings Description: ------------ eval() function seems to work improperly with double [[ chars in string. Test script: --------------- <?php $bogus_str = "[[hello!]] brackets"; $code = "echo $bogus_str;"; echo $bogus_str; eval($code); ?> Expected result: ---------------- [[hello!]] brackets[[hello!]] brackets Actual result: -------------- [[hello!]] brackets Parse error: syntax error, unexpected '[' in C:\xampp\htdocs\test.php(6) : eval()'d code on line 1 -- Edit bug report at http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=52851&edit=1 -- Try a snapshot (PHP 5.2): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52851&r=trysnapshot52 Try a snapshot (PHP 5.3): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52851&r=trysnapshot53 Try a snapshot (trunk): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52851&r=trysnapshottrunk Fixed in SVN: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52851&r=fixed Fixed in SVN and need be documented: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52851&r=needdocs Fixed in release: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52851&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52851&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52851&r=needscript Try newer version: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52851&r=oldversion Not developer issue: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52851&r=support Expected behavior: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52851&r=notwrong Not enough info: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52851&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52851&r=submittedtwice register_globals: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52851&r=globals PHP 4 support discontinued: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52851&r=php4 Daylight Savings: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52851&r=dst IIS Stability: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52851&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52851&r=gnused Floating point limitations: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52851&r=float No Zend Extensions: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52851&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52851&r=mysqlcfg