Req #76609 [NEW]: Flexible heredocs should not have special indentation rules

From: mattacosta at gmail dot com Operating system: PHP version: 7.3.0alpha3 Package: *General Issues Bug Type: Feature/Change Request Bug description:Flexible heredocs should not have special indentation rules Description: ------------ Flexible heredocs require that indentation only consist of spaces or tabs, but not both. This could be a problem for code embedded in other files. Instead of requiring that the indentation exactly match the indentation prior to the end label *and* not have mixed whitespace, it should just exactly match the indentation. Generally speaking, the language shouldn't decide what indentation is good or bad either. The user should. Test script: --------------- <!-- This would be aligned if the tab size were 4 instead of 8. --> <html> <body text="<?= <<<LABEL 3 tabs and 2 spaces LABEL?>" attr="hello-world"> </body> </html> Expected result: ---------------- <!-- Mixed or not this would be the same. --> <html> <body text="3 tabs and 2 spaces" attr="hello-world"> </body> </html> Actual result: -------------- Parse error: Invalid indentation - tabs and spaces cannot be mixed -- Edit bug report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=76609&edit=1 -- Try a snapshot (PHP 5.4): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=76609&r=trysnapshot54 Try a snapshot (PHP 5.5): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=76609&r=trysnapshot55 Try a snapshot (trunk): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=76609&r=trysnapshottrunk Fixed in SVN: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=76609&r=fixed Fixed in release: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=76609&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=76609&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=76609&r=needscript Try newer version: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=76609&r=oldversion Not developer issue: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=76609&r=support Expected behavior: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=76609&r=notwrong Not enough info: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=76609&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=76609&r=submittedtwice register_globals: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=76609&r=globals PHP 4 support discontinued: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=76609&r=php4 Daylight Savings: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=76609&r=dst IIS Stability: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=76609&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=76609&r=gnused Floating point limitations: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=76609&r=float No Zend Extensions: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=76609&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=76609&r=mysqlcfg