PHP 4.0 Bug #5828: PHP crashes with bad syntax in nested switch statements

From: ccurtis@aet-usa.com Operating system: Linux (Debian/Unstable) PHP version: 4.0.1pl2 PHP Bug Type: Reproduceable crash Bug description: PHP crashes with bad syntax in nested switch statements This is just pseudo-code, but it (roughly) crashes PHP: Function foo() { while( 1 ) { switch( "b" ) { case "a": break; case "b": if( 1 ) { switch( "foo" ) { case "A": case "B" break; default: return 0; } } } } } The key here is the code: `` case "A": case "B" break; '' Placing the ``:'' after the B case works normally, but without it PHP crashes (Document contains no data). As an aside, statements like this: if( something ) } *really* confuse the parser. Instead of getting an error here, I get undefined function errors, which is really misleading. regards, Christopher