PHP 4.0 Bug #9884 Updated: Using a return in an included file causes a major abnormality.

ID: 9884 Updated by: stas Reported By: ceo@phester.org Old-Status: Open Status: Closed Bug Type: Scripting Engine problem Assigned To: Comments: Using return stops _running_ the script. However, in PHP 4, scrips are _compiled_ in full before running. That means, all functions, which are defined on the compile stage, will be defined no matter what happened when the script was run. Previous Comments: --------------------------------------------------------------------------- [2001-03-20 20:03:16] ceo@phester.org in my stupidity, i spelt weird.inc wrong... but you guys are smart, so i'll assume you can correct it.. =) (sorry) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- [2001-03-20 20:00:01] ceo@phester.org Sorry, i forgot to include the output of test.php, here' you go: ----output---- Hi From weird.inc... 1 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- [2001-03-20 19:45:13] ceo@phester.org According to documentation and common sense, using a return inside an include, should end processing on the include and return to processing the script that called it. This is NOT so when functions or classes are declared AFTER the return line. The Following example shows 2 very stange abnormalities and it applies to functions aswell as classes... 1. functions/classes can still be declared AFTER the return line. The Declared function can be executed. 2. If The funtion/class is declared TWICE, it does not print an error. (this hold true to any sort of parse error, except errors withing the classes or functions =) Here's the sample files: ---wierd.inc--- <? return "Hi From wierd.inc..."; // The following should not even be processed... function hello() { global $inc_var; echo $inc_var." 1"; } // redeclaring the function should produce an error message function hello() { global $inc_var; echo $inc_var." 2"; } ?> ---test.php--- <? $inc_var = include("weird.inc"); // According the the documentation, // this function should not exist.. hello(); ?> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- ATTENTION! Do NOT reply to this email! To reply, use the web interface found at http://bugs.php.net/?id=9884&edit=2