#28148 [Opn->Ver]: parse error, unexpected T_ENCAPSED_AND_WHITESPACE, expecting T_STRING or T_VARI

ID: 28148 Updated by: pollita@php.net Reported By: ca50015 at yahoo dot com -Status: Open +Status: Verified Bug Type: Compile Failure Operating System: windows 98 se PHP Version: 5.0.0RC1 New Comment: It's seeing $tagname[^\\>] as an array element (with an index of ^\> which is, of course, invalid in an encapsed string context. Not sure if this falls into "buggy" or "expected" beahvior as it's a little gray... Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2004-04-25 21:59:22] ca50015 at yahoo dot com Description: ------------ Got parse error when double-quoted string contains variable. [Code] $pattern = "/\<$tagName[^\>]*\>/i"; [/Code] [Error message] Parse error: parse error, unexpected T_ENCAPSED_AND_WHITESPACE, expecting T_STRING or T_VARIABLE or T_NUM_STRING in php5bug.php on line 6 [/Error message] I'm using php5.0.0rc1 in windows 98 from command line the command is: "php -f php5bug.php" the same I got while test with php5.0.0RC2 Reproduce code: --------------- <?php $text = "<script></script>"; $tagName = 'script'; //These won't work $pattern = "/\<$tagName[^\>]*\>/i"; //backslash not escaped $pattern = "/\\<$tagName[^\\>]*\\>/i"; // backslash escaped //These work $pattern = "/\<" . $tagName . "[^\>]*\>/i"; //backslash not escaped $pattern = "/\\<" . $tagName . "[^\\>]*\\>/i"; // backslash escaped ?> Expected result: ---------------- variables in double-quoted string could be altered Actual result: -------------- Parse error: parse error, unexpected T_ENCAPSED_AND_WHITESPACE, expecting T_STRING or T_VARIABLE or T_NUM_STRING in C:\home\php5bug.php on line 6 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=28148&edit=1