Bug #61915 [NEW]: incorrect associativity of ternary operator

From: Operating system: Linux,Windows PHP version: Irrelevant Package: Scripting Engine problem Bug Type: Bug Bug description:incorrect associativity of ternary operator Description: ------------ zend_language_parser.y on line 81 gives the '?:' operator left associativity when it should be right as in virtually every other language that has a ternary operator. Test script: --------------- $arg = "3"; $food = ( ($arg == '1') ? 'Banana' : ($arg == '2') ? 'Apple' : ($arg == '3') ? 'Toast' : ($arg == '4') ? 'Cantalope' : ($arg == '5') ? 'Swiss Cheese' : 'Fig Newton Cookie' ); echo $food; Expected result: ---------------- I expected to see 'Toast'. Actual result: -------------- The actual result is 'Swiss Cheese'. -- Edit bug report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=61915&edit=1 -- Try a snapshot (PHP 5.4): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=61915&r=trysnapshot54 Try a snapshot (PHP 5.3): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=61915&r=trysnapshot53 Try a snapshot (trunk): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=61915&r=trysnapshottrunk Fixed in SVN: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=61915&r=fixed Fixed in SVN and need be documented: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=61915&r=needdocs Fixed in release: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=61915&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=61915&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=61915&r=needscript Try newer version: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=61915&r=oldversion Not developer issue: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=61915&r=support Expected behavior: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=61915&r=notwrong Not enough info: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=61915&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=61915&r=submittedtwice register_globals: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=61915&r=globals PHP 4 support discontinued: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=61915&r=php4 Daylight Savings: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=61915&r=dst IIS Stability: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=61915&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=61915&r=gnused Floating point limitations: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=61915&r=float No Zend Extensions: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=61915&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=61915&r=mysqlcfg