Bug #68033 [NEW]: nowdoc,heredoc doesn't work with .=

From: jmichae3 at yahoo dot com Operating system: win7ult64sp1retail PHP version: 5.6.0 Package: Scripting Engine problem Bug Type: Bug Bug description:nowdoc,heredoc doesn't work with .= Description: ------------ in my menu generation code (not this script, but similar, php acts differently. instead of generating an error (it should not), it fails silently and appends the following PHP source code into the string in addition to the string content itself, up to a certain point. the HTML output from PHP from the pastebin code ends up being http://pastebin.com/78Mx80V2 $s .= printbreadcrumbsmenu($xmlArray, $filepath, /*array('LI','USER','USERS','VISITOR','VISITORS'), */true); $s .= printbreadcrumbsmenu($xmlArray, $filepath, /*array('MODERATOR','MODERATORS'), */false); $s .= printbreadcrumbsmenu($xmlArray, $filepath, /*array('ADMIN','ADMINS','ADMINISTRATOR','ADMINISTRATORS'), */false); $s .= printbreadcrumbsmenu($xmlArray, $filepath, /*array('LEADERSHIP','LEADERS','LEADER'), */false); $s .= " </div>\n"; $s .= <<<'EOT' and EOT; if ((bool)$isxhtml) { $s .= $menuhelptextx; } else { $s .= $menuhelptext; } $s .= <<<'EOT' should not be there in the generated HTML source, those are php functions. it seems like php is ignoring the EOT; Test script: --------------- <?php $s=""; $s.= <<<'EOT' this is <html lang='en'> <title>a title</title> EOT; echo $s; ?> http://pastebin.com/fE5CaVEE for the one mentioned in Description. Expected result: ---------------- should follow the manual in how it works. should not work just for initialization only but for concatenation, and echo as well, any place where you can use a string. expected HTML output: http://pastebin.com/SYQ4GSWG Actual result: -------------- EOT; ignored and therefore php source code is included into the string including the EOT; (until when?) -- Edit bug report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=68033&edit=1 -- Try a snapshot (PHP 5.4): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=68033&r=trysnapshot54 Try a snapshot (PHP 5.5): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=68033&r=trysnapshot55 Try a snapshot (trunk): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=68033&r=trysnapshottrunk Fixed in SVN: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=68033&r=fixed Fixed in release: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=68033&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=68033&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=68033&r=needscript Try newer version: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=68033&r=oldversion Not developer issue: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=68033&r=support Expected behavior: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=68033&r=notwrong Not enough info: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=68033&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=68033&r=submittedtwice register_globals: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=68033&r=globals PHP 4 support discontinued: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=68033&r=php4 Daylight Savings: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=68033&r=dst IIS Stability: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=68033&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=68033&r=gnused Floating point limitations: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=68033&r=float No Zend Extensions: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=68033&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=68033&r=mysqlcfg