Bug #79062 [NEW]: Property with heredoc default value returns false for getDocComment

From: ondrej at mirtes dot cz Operating system: any PHP version: 7.4.1 Package: Reflection related Bug Type: Bug Bug description:Property with heredoc default value returns false for getDocComment Description: ------------ If property is assigned a default string value in the form of heredoc, its ReflectionProperty::getDocComment() returns false even if there's a PHPDoc. Looks like this bug was introduced in PHP 7.3.0: https://3v4l.org/4fRLA Related PHPStan bug: https://github.com/phpstan/phpstan/issues/2742 Test script: --------------- <?php class BugReportMailrcConfigTests { /** @var string */ private $s1 = <<<STRING I'm a string :( STRING; /** @var string */ private $s2 = <<<'STRING' I'm a string :) STRING; /** @var string */ private $s3 = 'I\'m a string :)'; } $ref = new \ReflectionClass(BugReportMailrcConfigTests::class); $s1 = $ref->getProperty('s1'); var_dump($s1->getDocComment()); $s2 = $ref->getProperty('s2'); var_dump($s2->getDocComment()); $s3 = $ref->getProperty('s3'); var_dump($s2->getDocComment()); Expected result: ---------------- string(18) "/** @var string */" string(18) "/** @var string */" string(18) "/** @var string */" Actual result: -------------- bool(false) string(18) "/** @var string */" string(18) "/** @var string */" -- Edit bug report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=79062&edit=1 -- Fix committed: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=79062&r=fixed Fixed in release: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=79062&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=79062&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=79062&r=needscript Try newer version: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=79062&r=oldversion Not developer issue: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=79062&r=support Expected behavior: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=79062&r=notwrong Not enough info: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=79062&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=79062&r=submittedtwice register_globals: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=79062&r=globals PHP version support discontinued: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=79062&r=phptooold Daylight Savings: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=79062&r=dst IIS Stability: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=79062&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=79062&r=gnused Floating point limitations: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=79062&r=float No Zend Extensions: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=79062&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=79062&r=mysqlcfg