#25725 [Ver->Bgs]: highlight_string doesn't parse strings containing \ properly

ID: 25725 Updated by: iliaa@php.net Reported By: kjartan at zind dot net -Status: Verified +Status: Bogus Bug Type: Scripting Engine problem Operating System: * PHP Version: 4CVS, 5CVS New Comment: Thank you for taking the time to write to us, but this is not a bug. Please double-check the documentation available at http://www.php.net/manual/ and the instructions on how to report a bug at http://bugs.php.net/how-to-report.php The warning you are seeing is a lexical parser warning, it cannot be avoided simply because it is the same parser as the one parsing normal PHP source. If PHP were to execute the file it too would strip/ignore the \ character. Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2003-10-02 17:03:45] kjartan at zind dot net Doing @highlight_string seems to work to, but it strips the \. Might not fixing, but it still seems like a bug. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2003-10-02 16:51:07] moriyoshi@php.net If you just want to suppress warnings, error_reporting(0) might help you. I'm not sure if this needs to be fixed anyhow though... ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2003-10-02 07:17:27] kjartan at zind dot net Description: ------------ Given a string that contains this PHP code: <?php $a = 2; \; $b = 3; ?> Then highlight_string() generates this: <?php $a = 2; Warning: Unexpected character in input: '\' (ASCII=92) state=1 in /home/kjartan/scripts/highlight_string on line 9 ; $b = 3; ?> Granted its not valid PHP, but should hightlight_string() function as a PHP validation system? Not that it does a good job at it as this gets colored just fine: <?php $a = 2 $b = 3 $c = 5 ?> What gives? Reproduce code: --------------- <?php $string = '<?php $a = 2; \ $c = 5; ?>'; highlight_string($string); Expected result: ---------------- I expect it to just leave the \ alone and not cause warnings. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=25725&edit=1