#22545 [Opn->Bgs]: Failed to parse ending escape sequence char (\)
ID: 22545
Updated by: magnus@php.net
Reported By: neo_in_matrix at msn dot com
-Status: Open
+Status: Bogus
Bug Type: Scripting Engine problem
Operating System: Windows 2000/SP3/Hotfixes
PHP Version: 4.3.1
New Comment:
Sorry, but your problem does not imply a bug in PHP itself. For a
list of more appropriate places to ask for help using PHP, please
visit http://www.php.net/support.php as this bug system
is not the
appropriate forum for asking support questions.
Thank you for your interest in PHP.
Try php -r "echo '\'';".
That will output only a '. Use \\ to output \.
And next time, look in the manual first.
Previous Comments:
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[2003-03-05 00:04:58] neo_in_matrix at msn dot com
I'm a newbie on PHP, so what I describe here may NOT be a bug.
I understand that any character between a paif of single quotes does
not get 'escaped'.
So I thought the follow small program will print
abc\
to the output screen (I'm using the so-named php-cli).
<?
$s = 'abc\';
print $s;
?>
Yet, I get the following message:
Parse error: parse error, unexpected $end in X:\dir\tes
t.php on line 6
But the following code runs just fine. It prints out
abc\088
That's exactly what I mean to do.
<?
$s = 'abc\088';
print $s;
?>
So my conclusion is that the engine has a little problem dealing with
ending \ in a single-quoted string.
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