#23241 [NEW]: Perl's qq~~ and q~~ -> PHP?

From: kitdekat_yh at yahoo dot com Operating system: Win2K AdvSrv PHP version: 4.3.2RC1 PHP Bug Type: Feature/Change Request Bug description: Perl's qq~~ and q~~ -> PHP? Perl has the ability to 'inline' HereDocs by using qq~~ (double quoting) and q~~ (single quoting) a portion of text exactly like a HereDoc does (parsing $vars while keeping nopn-escaped "s and 's as well) without taking up entire lines for start and end tags. Also the ~ symbol can be replaced by any character( q// and qq//, etc) that you wont be using within the string, and if you do, can be escaped to still print it out. It also allows for multiple HereDoc conversions on a single line, examples as follows: echo <<< END_HERE1 remembers "quotes" and parses $vars and 'remembers' new lines END_HERE1; echo join("\n", $array_list); echo <<< END_HERE2 and continues. END_HERE2; can be done as follows: echo qq~... "quotes" and $vars\n~ . join("\n", $array_list) . qq~and ...\n~; which allows more condensed code and, atleast i think, makes creating complex formatted HTML easier. This is not simply another alias btw (as mentioned in #12779) but a varying functionality that increases the power of PHP as seen in the examples. Since HereDocs do not do the q~~ (single quote version) at all nor do they function with multiples 'inline'd either. I feel that this will alleviate many Perl convert's problems with formatting their pages a specific way and allow them to write however they need it written at the moment. -- Edit bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=23241&edit=1 -- Try a CVS snapshot: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=23241&r=trysnapshot Fixed in CVS: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=23241&r=fixedcvs Fixed in release: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=23241&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=23241&r=needtrace Try newer version: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=23241&r=oldversion Not developer issue: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=23241&r=support Expected behavior: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=23241&r=notwrong Not enough info: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=23241&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=23241&r=submittedtwice register_globals: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=23241&r=globals PHP 3 support discontinued: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=23241&r=php3 Daylight Savings: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=23241&r=dst IIS Stability: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=23241&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=23241&r=gnused