Bug #78304 [NEW]: Switch statement and first case cannot be in separate code blocks

From: Date: Wed, 17 Jul 2019 10:03:58 +0000
Subject: Bug #78304 [NEW]: Switch statement and first case cannot be in separate code blocks
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From:             benjamin dot morel at gmail dot com
Operating system: Fedora
PHP version:      7.3.7
Package:          Scripting Engine problem
Bug Type:         Bug
Bug description:Switch statement and first case cannot be in separate code blocks

Description:
------------
When using PHP as a template engine, it can be useful to break
statements into separate code blocks. For example, this works fine with
foreach:

<?php foreach ($users as $user): ?>
    <span><?= ... ?></span>
<?php endforeach; ?>

The same thing does not work with switch:

<?php switch ($type): ?>
    <?php case 'a': ?>
        <span>...</span>
    <?php break; ?>

    <?php case 'b': ?>
        <span>...</span>
    <?php break; ?>
<?php endswitch; ?>

Which fails with a parse error:

> Parse error: syntax error, unexpected '    ', expecting endswitch
(T_ENDSWITCH) or case (T_CASE) or default (T_DEFAULT)

For this to work, the first case must be in the same code block as the
switch. This works fine:

<?php switch ($type):
    case 'a': ?>
        <span>...</span>
    <?php break; ?>

    <?php case 'b': ?>
        <span>...</span>
    <?php break; ?>
<?php endswitch; ?>

I believe this is a bug.

Test script:
---------------
<?php $type = 'a'; ?>

<?php switch ($type): ?>
    <?php case 'a': ?>
        This is A
    <?php break; ?>
    <?php case 'b': ?>
        This is B
    <?php break; ?>
<?php endswitch; ?>

Expected result:
----------------
This is A

Actual result:
--------------
Parse error: syntax error, unexpected '    ', expecting endswitch
(T_ENDSWITCH) or case (T_CASE) or default (T_DEFAULT) in ...

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Expected behavior:          https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=78304&r=notwrong
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MySQL Configuration Error:  https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=78304&r=mysqlcfg

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