Bug #17330: empty() function fails when passing data from statically called class method

From: etriaph@kdesktop.org Operating system: Linux PHP version: 4.2.0 PHP Bug Type: Scripting Engine problem Bug description: empty() function fails when passing data from statically called class method The following error occurred: <b>Parse error</b>: parse error, unexpected T_STRING, expecting T_VARIABLE or '$' in <b>/www/htdocs/index.wc</b> on line <b>21</b><br /> When I ran the following code: if (!empty(HttpRequest::fetchPost(ENT))) { // code. } The internals of HttpRequest::fetchPost() returns the value of $HTTP_POST_VARS[ENT]. ENT is properly defined (as "ent"), and I was able to fix it by doing: $postData = HttpRequest::fetchPost(ENT); if (!empty($postData)) { // code. { My original code should execute without fail in my opinion, but if there is an acceptable reason for this bug, then so be it. -- Edit bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=17330&edit=1 -- Fixed in CVS: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=17330&r=fixedcvs Fixed in release: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=17330&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=17330&r=needtrace Try newer version: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=17330&r=oldversion Not developer issue: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=17330&r=support Expected behavior: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=17330&r=notwrong Not enough info: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=17330&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=17330&r=submittedtwice register_globals: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=17330&r=globals