Bug #70929 [NEW]: create_function regression when parse error present

From: bishop@php.net Operating system: PHP version: 7.0Git-2015-11-17 (Git) Package: Scripting Engine problem Bug Type: Bug Bug description:create_function regression when parse error present Description: ------------ In PHP versions 5.3.19 - 5.6.15, a parse error in create_function returns false, per the manual: > If there is a parse error in the evaluated code, eval() returns FALSE and > execution of the following code continues normally. As of PHP 7, this outputs only a parse error and terminates the script. See https://3v4l.org/apEOR#v5319 Test script: --------------- <?php $a = create_function('', 'return (return;);'); var_dump($a, 'here'); Expected result: ---------------- Parse error: syntax error, unexpected 'return' (T_RETURN) in %s : runtime-created function on line %d bool(false) string(4) "here" Actual result: -------------- Parse error: syntax error, unexpected 'return' (T_RETURN) in %s : runtime-created function on line %d -- Edit bug report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=70929&edit=1 -- Try a snapshot (PHP 5.4): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=70929&r=trysnapshot54 Try a snapshot (PHP 5.5): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=70929&r=trysnapshot55 Try a snapshot (trunk): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=70929&r=trysnapshottrunk Fixed in SVN: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=70929&r=fixed Fixed in release: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=70929&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=70929&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=70929&r=needscript Try newer version: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=70929&r=oldversion Not developer issue: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=70929&r=support Expected behavior: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=70929&r=notwrong Not enough info: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=70929&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=70929&r=submittedtwice register_globals: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=70929&r=globals PHP 4 support discontinued: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=70929&r=php4 Daylight Savings: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=70929&r=dst IIS Stability: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=70929&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=70929&r=gnused Floating point limitations: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=70929&r=float No Zend Extensions: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=70929&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=70929&r=mysqlcfg