#35678 [NEW]: php -l doest not report parse error correctly

From: f dot hardy at origami-systems dot com Operating system: freebsd PHP version: 5.1.1 PHP Bug Type: CGI related Bug description: php -l doest not report parse error correctly Description: ------------ php -l aFile.php does not report correctly parse error. PHP 5.0.4 say : PHP Parse error: parse error, unexpected T_STRING, expecting ',' or ';' in selects.php on line 6 PHP 5.1.1 say : Errors parsing selects.php Reproduce code: --------------- if ($_SERVER['REQUEST_METHOD'] == 'POST') { echo '<pre>' var_dump($_POST); echo '</pre>'; } Expected result: ---------------- PHP Parse error: parse error, unexpected T_STRING, expecting ',' or ';' in selects.php on line 6 Actual result: -------------- Errors parsing selects.php -- Edit bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=35678&edit=1 -- Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 4.4): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=35678&r=trysnapshot44 Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 5.1): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=35678&r=trysnapshot51 Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 6.0): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=35678&r=trysnapshot60 Fixed in CVS: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=35678&r=fixedcvs Fixed in release: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=35678&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=35678&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=35678&r=needscript Try newer version: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=35678&r=oldversion Not developer issue: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=35678&r=support Expected behavior: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=35678&r=notwrong Not enough info: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=35678&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=35678&r=submittedtwice register_globals: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=35678&r=globals PHP 3 support discontinued: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=35678&r=php3 Daylight Savings: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=35678&r=dst IIS Stability: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=35678&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=35678&r=gnused Floating point limitations: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=35678&r=float No Zend Extensions: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=35678&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=35678&r=mysqlcfg