#21035 [NEW]: ternary operator can't concanenate with other strings

From: eric@themepark.com Operating system: Windows XP PHP version: 4.2.1 PHP Bug Type: Unknown/Other Function Bug description: ternary operator can't concanenate with other strings $a = 'eric is a '.(1) ? 'goofball' : 'kitty-cat'; echo $a; This snippet returns "goofball" instead of "eric is a goofball". Eric Mueller, eric@themepark.com -- Edit bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=21035&edit=1 -- Try a CVS snapshot: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=21035&r=trysnapshot Fixed in CVS: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=21035&r=fixedcvs Fixed in release: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=21035&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=21035&r=needtrace Try newer version: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=21035&r=oldversion Not developer issue: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=21035&r=support Expected behavior: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=21035&r=notwrong Not enough info: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=21035&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=21035&r=submittedtwice register_globals: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=21035&r=globals PHP 3 support discontinued: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=21035&r=php3 Daylight Savings: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=21035&r=dst IIS Stability: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=21035&r=isapi