Bug #61723 [Ver]: <?php issues a parse error

Edit report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=61723&edit=1 ID: 61723 Updated by: laruence@php.net Reported by: lgandras at gmail dot com Summary: <?php issues a parse error Status: Verified Type: Bug Package: Scripting Engine problem Operating System: Centos 6.2 PHP Version: 5.3.10 Block user comment: N Private report: N New Comment: @aharvey ah, thanks, in that case, I would say, this is a rare usage, and a doc will be okey. Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2012-04-14 04:05:38] aharvey@php.net I was able to. You have to be very careful not to have any whitespace after the <? php — if your editor adds a newline (like vi), then that will cause it to be OK. What I'm not so sure about is whether this is really a bug: the whitespace at the end of the opening tag is really part of the opening tag, so it may just need a documentation update to be clearer. Parser people? What's our expectation here? ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2012-04-14 03:34:15] laruence@php.net Thank you for this bug report. To properly diagnose the problem, we need a short but complete example script to be able to reproduce this bug ourselves. A proper reproducing script starts with <?php and ends with ?>, is max. 10-20 lines long and does not require any external resources such as databases, etc. If the script requires a database to demonstrate the issue, please make sure it creates all necessary tables, stored procedures etc. Please avoid embedding huge scripts into the report. I can not reproduce this. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2012-04-13 15:27:13] lgandras at gmail dot com Description: ------------ "<?php" issues a parse error whereas "<?php " does not. php -r "" is valid in the command line. this is an inconsistent behavior. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=61723&edit=1