Bug #40712 [Com]: return after "or"

Edit report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=40712&edit=1 ID: 40712 Comment by: damien dot bezborodov at staff dot nuskope dot com dot au Reported by: s dot j dot t dot mocking at students dot uu dot nl Summary: return after "or" Status: Not a bug Type: Bug Package: *Programming Data Structures Operating System: Linux (Debian Testing) PHP Version: 5.2.1 Block user comment: N Private report: N New Comment: This would be a useful feature. Compare the clarity of the following examples where every line requires error checking: 1) using IF statements, 2) using invalid "or return false" syntax, or 3) using invalid goto statements. ------------ function foo(...) { ... $stmt = $mysql->prepare($sql); if (!$stmt) return false; if (!$stmt->bind_param('i', $foo)) return false; if (!$stmt->bind_result($bar, $baz, $quux)) return false; if (!$stmt->execute()) return false; ------------ $stmt = $mysql->prepare($sql) or return false; $stmt->bind_param('i', $foo) or return false; $stmt->bind_result($bar, $baz, $quux) or return false; $stmt->execute() or return false; ------------ $stmt = $mysql->prepare($sql) or goto error; $stmt->bind_param('i', $foo) or goto error; $stmt->bind_result($bar, $baz, $quux) or goto error; $stmt->execute() or goto error; ... return true; error: return false; Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2015-05-13 15:49:10] someone dot wanted dot to dot be dot unknown at gmail dot com In 2015, I'd like to ask php developers team make this feature available. We can't write very clear code like > <?php > unlink() or return false; Instead of that we forced to use huge if statement: > <?php > if (!unlink()) > return false; I think community will be pleasant if we will see this feature implemented. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2007-03-04 04:09:31] iliaa@php.net 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 . ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2007-03-03 18:54:25] s dot j dot t dot mocking at students dot uu dot nl Description: ------------ "<statement> or die" works as expected, but "<statement> or return" results in syntax errors. Haven't found anything in the documentation which describes this behavior. If it's not a bug, it's very counterintuitive. Reproduce code: --------------- This works: function foo() { 0 or die("bla"); } This produces a syntax error: function bar() { 0 or return ("bla"); } Expected result: ---------------- I would expect bar() to return bla Actual result: -------------- Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_RETURN ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=40712&edit=1