Bug #63372 [NEW]: Namespace Declaration Missing Parse Error

From: hanskrentel at yahoo dot de Operating system: PHP version: 5.4.8 Package: Class/Object related Bug Type: Bug Bug description:Namespace Declaration Missing Parse Error Description: ------------ The following file namespace declaration: namespace \Name; Does not give a Parse Error. It's sister declaration: namespace \Name {} does. Test script: --------------- <?php namespace \Name; Expected result: ---------------- Parse Error in Line 2 about an unexpected ; or T_NAMESPACE_SEPARATOR Actual result: -------------- Parser has no problem with the file at all. Problems become only noticeable at runtime then. -- Edit bug report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=63372&edit=1 -- Try a snapshot (PHP 5.4): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=63372&r=trysnapshot54 Try a snapshot (PHP 5.3): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=63372&r=trysnapshot53 Try a snapshot (trunk): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=63372&r=trysnapshottrunk Fixed in SVN: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=63372&r=fixed Fixed in release: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=63372&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=63372&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=63372&r=needscript Try newer version: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=63372&r=oldversion Not developer issue: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=63372&r=support Expected behavior: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=63372&r=notwrong Not enough info: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=63372&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=63372&r=submittedtwice register_globals: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=63372&r=globals PHP 4 support discontinued: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=63372&r=php4 Daylight Savings: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=63372&r=dst IIS Stability: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=63372&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=63372&r=gnused Floating point limitations: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=63372&r=float No Zend Extensions: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=63372&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=63372&r=mysqlcfg