Req #40144 [Opn->Wfx]: Returning int . string gives parse error

Edit report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=40144&edit=1 ID: 40144 Updated by: nikic@php.net Reported by: Quis at omicidio dot nl Summary: Returning int . string gives parse error -Status: Open +Status: Wont fix Type: Feature/Change Request -Package: Feature/Change Request +Package: *General Issues Operating System: FreeBSD PHP Version: 5.2.0 Block user comment: N Private report: N New Comment: 1. is a floating point literal, so what you have there is a float followed by a string (with nothing in between), which give you the error. We can't really fix this unless we remove the short floating point syntaxes (1. and .1). I don't think we will do that (just for BC reasons already). Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2007-01-16 14:17:33] Quis at omicidio dot nl Well, Then i`ll make it an RfC :) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2007-01-16 14:03:42] tony2001@php.net Thank you for taking the time to write to us, but this is not a bug. Please double-check the documentation available at http://www.php.net/manual/ and the instructions on how to report a bug at http://bugs.php.net/how-to-report.php ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2007-01-16 13:50:20] Quis at omicidio dot nl The 'actual' code I got this error on was: echo 1.str_repeat('sometext', 3); Also resulting in Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_STRING, expecting ',' or ';' ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2007-01-16 13:47:52] Quis at omicidio dot nl Description: ------------ Unexpected parse error Reproduce code: --------------- Not working: echo 1.'sometext'; or, return 1.'sometext'; Working: $i=1; echo $i.'sometext'; Expected result: ---------------- 1sometext Actual result: -------------- Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_CONSTANT_ENCAPSED_STRING, expecting ',' or ';' ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=40144&edit=1