Bug #70983 [Com]: commenting a printf line causes script to fail with "Unexpected end of file"

Edit report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=70983&edit=1 ID: 70983 Comment by: dave at mudsite dot com Reported by: php at rossw dot net Summary: commenting a printf line causes script to fail with "Unexpected end of file" Status: Open Type: Bug Package: Reproducible crash Operating System: FreeBSD 10.2 PHP Version: 5.6.16 Block user comment: N Private report: N New Comment: I understand this request. PHP ought to know if this is a single-line execute, and handle accordingly. <?php echo "hello"; // comment ?> output and <?= echo "hello"; // comment ?> output should each run with output: hello output That said, the request here: <?php if (foo) { // ?> } } ?> Should not throw a syntax error. I have no idea what the consensus on this kind of issue is, however, (i've done) and it would be simple enough to track what line <?php, or <?, or <?= start on, and what line we see // ?>, and if they aren't the same, then ignore the ?> inside the comment. ie: if (*YYCURSOR == '>' && (CG(zend_opentag_lineno) == CG(zend_lineno))) { Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2015-12-02 12:09:39] codekestrel at googlemail dot com That behaviour is explicitly defined here: <ST_IN_SCRIPTING>"#"|"//" { while (YYCURSOR < YYLIMIT) { switch (*YYCURSOR++) { case '\r': if (*YYCURSOR == '\n') { YYCURSOR++; } /* fall through */ case '\n': CG(zend_lineno)++; break; case '?': if (*YYCURSOR == '>') { YYCURSOR--; break; } /* fall through */ default: continue; } break; } yyleng = YYCURSOR - SCNG(yy_text); RETURN_TOKEN(T_COMMENT); } Removing the "case '?':" clause would break the following inline code: <?php echo "Hello, World!"; // my comment ?> Remainder Which should print: Hello, World! Remainder Everything on the same line after the comment including after the closing tag are commented out. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2015-11-27 06:35:20] php at rossw dot net Description: ------------ A quoted string containing ?> is treated correctly inside an active code block, but causes errors due to being handled differently if the line is commented out. I can see how it could be argued that ?> should not appear, but there are times you might actually WANT to print it. Simply commenting out the line should not materially alter the way the (otherwise perfectly healthy) script runs. Test script: --------------- <?php printf("This is a test\n"); if(1 > 0) { // printf("?> Debug code\n"); printf("Got here\n"); } printf("Finished\n"); ?> Expected result: ---------------- php is seeing the "?> Debug code" as quoted text, and handles it correctly while the line is not commented. As soon as the line is commented, php is seeing the quoted ?> as the end of the code and errors. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=70983&edit=1