Bug #80552 [NEW]: Match is a reserved word

From: rasmus at mindplay dot dk Operating system: Linux PHP version: 8.0.0 Package: *General Issues Bug Type: Bug Bug description:Match is a reserved word Description: ------------ PHP 8.0 breaks any existing code with a class named "match", which became a reserved word for some reason. PHP 7.0 intentionally loosened such reserved word restrictions, per the original release announcement here: https://www.php.net/manual/en/migration70.other-changes.php It would be nice if PHP continued in that vein to avoid more variations of this problem. Parser failure is demonstrated with a minimal repro here: https://3v4l.org/A9Glt A quick google search reveals at least two major projects (PHPUnit and MediaWiki) affected by this change - here's a handful of examples from a quick google search: - https://github.com/sebastianbergmann/phpunit/issues/4373 - https://github.com/wikimedia/mediawiki-vendor/blob/master/ruflin/elastica/lib/Elastica/Query/Match.php - https://github.com/mindplay-dk/timber/blob/master/src/Match.php - https://github.com/zweifisch/php-pattern-matching/blob/master/match.php - https://github.com/extesy/foosball/blob/master/match.php Test script: --------------- <?php class Match {} class Matcher { public function match(): Match {} } $matcher = new Matcher(); $match = $matcher->match(); Expected result: ---------------- It would be nice if this could be treated as a bug, and could be fixed with a minor release, such that packages that were broken by this change can be versioned correctly against e.g. PHP ^8.0.1, before everyone goes and starts renaming classes and functions. -- Edit bug report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=80552&edit=1 -- Fix committed: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=80552&r=fixed Fixed in release: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=80552&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=80552&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=80552&r=needscript Try newer version: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=80552&r=oldversion Not developer issue: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=80552&r=support Expected behavior: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=80552&r=notwrong Not enough info: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=80552&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=80552&r=submittedtwice register_globals: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=80552&r=globals PHP version support discontinued: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=80552&r=phptooold Daylight Savings: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=80552&r=dst IIS Stability: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=80552&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=80552&r=gnused Floating point limitations: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=80552&r=float No Zend Extensions: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=80552&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=80552&r=mysqlcfg