Bug #77538 [NEW]: Including empty file results in stopping of script

From: bugs dot php dot net at sjappa dot nl Operating system: Ubuntu 16.04.5 LTS PHP version: 7.2.14 Package: *General Issues Bug Type: Bug Bug description:Including empty file results in stopping of script Description: ------------ When I include a file, with only the php's start-tag, nothing more, just '<?php', my script stops... Test script: --------------- File A: <?php print "Foo"; include "file B.php"; print "Bar"; File B: <?php Expected result: ---------------- When I include the empty file B in my file A, with a print before and after, I would expect the output to look like: 'FooBar' Actual result: -------------- Instead, the empty php-file won't be handled as php-file, but it will stop my script (file A) from executing, outputting only: 'Foo' -- Edit bug report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=77538&edit=1 -- Try a snapshot (PHP 5.4): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=77538&r=trysnapshot54 Try a snapshot (PHP 5.5): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=77538&r=trysnapshot55 Try a snapshot (trunk): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=77538&r=trysnapshottrunk Fixed in SVN: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=77538&r=fixed Fixed in release: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=77538&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=77538&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=77538&r=needscript Try newer version: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=77538&r=oldversion Not developer issue: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=77538&r=support Expected behavior: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=77538&r=notwrong Not enough info: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=77538&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=77538&r=submittedtwice register_globals: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=77538&r=globals PHP 4 support discontinued: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=77538&r=php4 Daylight Savings: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=77538&r=dst IIS Stability: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=77538&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=77538&r=gnused Floating point limitations: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=77538&r=float No Zend Extensions: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=77538&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=77538&r=mysqlcfg