Bug #53528 [NEW]: eval is not correctly catching parse error

From: Operating system: Irrelevant PHP version: Irrelevant Package: Scripting Engine problem Bug Type: Bug Bug description:eval is not correctly catching parse error Description: ------------ --- From manual page: http://www.php.net/function.eval#Return Values --- eval() shoud return FALSE in case of parse error. In this example crashes completely with a fatal error, executing a dead portion of code. A return should terminate the eval script as soon as is encountered. Seems to be a compilation problem. Test script: --------------- <?php $return = eval( 'return TRUE; /* should never come here */ WrongAssignment() = 1234;' ); ?> Expected result: ---------------- $return should be FALSE as there is a PARSE ERROR (from manual: "If there is a parse error in the evaluated code, eval() returns FALSE and execution of the following code continues normally."). But the parse error is not detected and in this case $return should be TRUE, as the first block simply returns TRUE and the rest is dead-code. Actual result: -------------- Fatal error: Can't use function return value in write context in /Users/dynamicplus/eval-demo.php(3) : eval()'d code on line 1 -- Edit bug report at http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=53528&edit=1 -- Try a snapshot (PHP 5.2): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=53528&r=trysnapshot52 Try a snapshot (PHP 5.3): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=53528&r=trysnapshot53 Try a snapshot (trunk): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=53528&r=trysnapshottrunk Fixed in SVN: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=53528&r=fixed Fixed in SVN and need be documented: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=53528&r=needdocs Fixed in release: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=53528&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=53528&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=53528&r=needscript Try newer version: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=53528&r=oldversion Not developer issue: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=53528&r=support Expected behavior: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=53528&r=notwrong Not enough info: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=53528&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=53528&r=submittedtwice register_globals: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=53528&r=globals PHP 4 support discontinued: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=53528&r=php4 Daylight Savings: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=53528&r=dst IIS Stability: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=53528&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=53528&r=gnused Floating point limitations: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=53528&r=float No Zend Extensions: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=53528&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=53528&r=mysqlcfg