Doc #70772 [Nab]: nowdoc does not work as documented

Edit report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=70772&edit=1 ID: 70772 User updated by: teo8976 at gmail dot com Reported by: teo8976 at gmail dot com Summary: nowdoc does not work as documented Status: Not a bug Type: Documentation Problem Package: *General Issues PHP Version: Irrelevant Block user comment: N Private report: N New Comment: I didn't forget to add a newline, I put several. However, I see that the problem is with 3v4l.org (which is where I was testing) which trims them. Anyway, a more specific error message in the case of a missing newline would probably be better. Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2015-10-22 19:06:10] salathe@php.net This error occurs when you forget to add a newline* after the closing delimiter. The newline requirement is mentioned in the Big Red Box on the documentation page linked above, in the heredoc section. (* or the website you're using to run the code (here's looking at you 3v4l.org) helpfully strips training whitespace from the code before execution.) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2015-10-22 18:25:28] teo8976 at gmail dot com Description: ------------ --- From manual page: http://www.php.net/language.types.string --- The example regarding newdoc syntax is broken. Test script: --------------- <?php $str = <<<'EOD' Example of string spanning multiple lines using nowdoc syntax. EOD; Expected result: ---------------- Either the script should work, or it should be replaced with a working example in the docs Actual result: -------------- Parse error: syntax error, unexpected end of file, expecting variable (T_VARIABLE) or heredoc end (T_END_HEREDOC) or ${ (T_DOLLAR_OPEN_CURLY_BRACES) or {$ (T_CURLY_OPEN) in /in/T9Wfr on line 6 The error message varies depending on the version of PHP. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=70772&edit=1