Bug #65556 [NEW]: Wrong error thrown

From: ante dot drnasin at wirecard dot com Operating system: Win7 Pro x64 PHP version: 5.5.3 Package: *General Issues Bug Type: Bug Bug description:Wrong error thrown Description: ------------ Just a small issue. When (ab)using "return empty(null);" you get T_PAAMAYIM_NEKUDOTAYIM error (unexpected ")" expecting "::") which is not true... is it per design or a bug? Test script: --------------- function test() { return empty(null); } Expected result: ---------------- Null is not a valid value for "empty" Actual result: -------------- T_PAAMAYIM_NEKUDOTAYIM error -- Edit bug report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=65556&edit=1 -- Try a snapshot (PHP 5.4): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=65556&r=trysnapshot54 Try a snapshot (PHP 5.3): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=65556&r=trysnapshot53 Try a snapshot (trunk): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=65556&r=trysnapshottrunk Fixed in SVN: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=65556&r=fixed Fixed in release: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=65556&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=65556&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=65556&r=needscript Try newer version: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=65556&r=oldversion Not developer issue: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=65556&r=support Expected behavior: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=65556&r=notwrong Not enough info: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=65556&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=65556&r=submittedtwice register_globals: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=65556&r=globals PHP 4 support discontinued: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=65556&r=php4 Daylight Savings: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=65556&r=dst IIS Stability: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=65556&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=65556&r=gnused Floating point limitations: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=65556&r=float No Zend Extensions: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=65556&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=65556&r=mysqlcfg