#32657 [NEW]: return statements in includes from a method always return null

From: LoN_Kamikaze at gmx dot de Operating system: WinXP SP2 PHP version: 5.0.4 PHP Bug Type: Output Control Bug description: return statements in includes from a method always return null Description: ------------ As the PHP Documentation says: "When a file is included, the code it contains inherits the variable scope of the line on which the include occurs. Any variables available at that line in the calling file will be available within the called file, from that point forward." From this I take that if an include occurs in a method, the included script should be able to use a return statement. Doing this terminates the method, but the returned value is always null. Reproduce code: --------------- index.php <?php class testReturn { public test() { include('test.php'); return 'there has been no return statement'; } } $test = new testReturn(); $test->test(); ?> test.php <?php return 'Test return statement.'; ?> Expected result: ---------------- Test return statement. -- Edit bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=32657&edit=1 -- Try a CVS snapshot (php4): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=32657&r=trysnapshot4 Try a CVS snapshot (php5.0): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=32657&r=trysnapshot50 Try a CVS snapshot (php5.1): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=32657&r=trysnapshot51 Fixed in CVS: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=32657&r=fixedcvs Fixed in release: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=32657&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=32657&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=32657&r=needscript Try newer version: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=32657&r=oldversion Not developer issue: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=32657&r=support Expected behavior: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=32657&r=notwrong Not enough info: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=32657&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=32657&r=submittedtwice register_globals: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=32657&r=globals PHP 3 support discontinued: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=32657&r=php3 Daylight Savings: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=32657&r=dst IIS Stability: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=32657&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=32657&r=gnused Floating point limitations: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=32657&r=float No Zend Extensions: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=32657&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=32657&r=mysqlcfg