Bug #76439 [NEW]: Variables in heredoc does not work properly

From: love at sickpeople dot se Operating system: PHP version: 7.3.0alpha1 Package: Scripting Engine problem Bug Type: Bug Bug description:Variables in heredoc does not work properly Description: ------------ "$foo" in heredoc works, while "$foo." triggers a ParseError. For clarity with newlines etc, the script below encoded: PD9waHAKCiRmb28gPSAnZm9vJzsKCmVjaG8gPDw8QkFSCiAkZm9vCiBCQVI7CgplY2hvIDw8PEJBUgogJGZvby4KIEJBUjsKCg== Test script: --------------- $foo = 'foo'; echo <<<BAR $foo BAR; echo <<<BAR $foo. BAR; Expected result: ---------------- No ParseError. -- Edit bug report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=76439&edit=1 -- Try a snapshot (PHP 5.4): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=76439&r=trysnapshot54 Try a snapshot (PHP 5.5): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=76439&r=trysnapshot55 Try a snapshot (trunk): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=76439&r=trysnapshottrunk Fixed in SVN: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=76439&r=fixed Fixed in release: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=76439&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=76439&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=76439&r=needscript Try newer version: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=76439&r=oldversion Not developer issue: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=76439&r=support Expected behavior: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=76439&r=notwrong Not enough info: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=76439&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=76439&r=submittedtwice register_globals: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=76439&r=globals PHP 4 support discontinued: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=76439&r=php4 Daylight Savings: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=76439&r=dst IIS Stability: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=76439&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=76439&r=gnused Floating point limitations: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=76439&r=float No Zend Extensions: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=76439&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=76439&r=mysqlcfg