Bug #65573 [Opn->Nab]: Parsing fails on simple one line echo

Edit report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=65573&edit=1 ID: 65573 Updated by: johannes@php.net Reported by: phpnet at theodore dot phpexperts dot pro Summary: Parsing fails on simple one line echo -Status: Open +Status: Not a bug Type: Bug Package: Scripting Engine problem Operating System: Linux PHP Version: 5.4.19 Block user comment: N Private report: N New Comment: 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 hexdup shows you have some binary stuff (0a c2 a0 c2 a0) behind the opening tag. 00000000 3c 3f 70 68 70 0a c2 a0 c2 a0 20 65 63 68 6f 20 |<?php..... echo | Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2013-08-28 15:22:27] phpnet at theodore dot phpexperts dot pro The "Attach file" thing appears to have not worked. You can get the exact test case at http://www.phpexperts.pro/files/bad_php.txt ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2013-08-28 15:16:25] phpnet at theodore dot phpexperts dot pro Description: ------------ PHP Parse error: syntax error, unexpected 'echo' (T_ECHO) in bad.php on line 2 I have attached the affected file. I can readily duplicate the issue across various PHP instances ranging from 5.2 to 5.4.19, nothing else was tested. Test script: --------------- <?php    echo "This should work. But it doesn't!\n"; Expected result: ---------------- Output: "This should work. But it doesn't!" Actual result: -------------- PHP Parse error: syntax error, unexpected 'echo' (T_ECHO) in /home/tsmith/books/dimensional_shift/test.php on line 2 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=65573&edit=1