PHP 4.0 Bug #7131 Updated: Undocumented change in behaviour of alternate syntax

ID: 7131 Updated by: hholzgra Reported By: diego@otello.alma.unibo.it Status: Closed Bug Type: *General Issues Assigned To: Comments: the scope of a control structure is limited to single files in php 4 due to compiling reasons you may include or require files within if statements or loops but all of the control structures elements ( if-else-endif , for-endfor ) have to be in a single compile unit (file or eval() string) this is documented somehow in http://www.php.net/version4/incompatibilities.php, topic #2 Previous Comments: --------------------------------------------------------------------------- [2000-10-11 05:37:20] diego@otello.alma.unibo.it This used to work with PHP3 and stopped when I upgraded to PHP4. Seems that require() doesen't support opening a block in the included file an closing it in the block that contains the require() itself. Maybe a short example could explain it better... In test.inc : <?php if(1): ?> ABC In test.php3 : ><?php require("test.inc"); echo "Test OK"; endif; ?> With php3 it worked ("ABC Test OK"), with php4 it stops with parse error on last line of test.inc (sure it doesen't find the expected endif...) BYtE, Diego. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Full Bug description available at: http://bugs.php.net/?id=7131