Bug->Doc #81300 [Opn->Dup]: Heredocs closing identifiers

Edit report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=81300&edit=1 ID: 81300 Updated by: cmb@php.net Reported by: forums at artfulrobot dot uk Summary: Heredocs closing identifiers -Status: Open +Status: Duplicate -Type: Bug +Type: Documentation Problem -Package: Reproducible crash +Package: Scripting Engine problem Operating System: Linux PHP Version: 7.3.29 -Assigned To: +Assigned To: cmb Block user comment: N Private report: N New Comment: See <https://wiki.php.net/rfc/flexible_heredoc_nowdoc_syntaxes>. Closing as duplicate of bug #78425. Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2021-07-26 14:34:03] forums at artfulrobot dot uk Description: ------------ --- From manual page: https://php.net/language.types.string --- It appears that since 7.3 a heredoc may never include the heredoc identifier if it is the first item on an indented line. Before 7.3, the interpretation was as described in the docs: indentation means the identifier would be considered part of the enclosed text. Which made sense. Test script: --------------- // In 7.2, this works, in 7.3+ it fails, misinterpreting the indented "SOMETHING" // on the 2nd line as closing the heredoc. $string = <<<SOMETHING SOMETHING weird is going on. SOMETHING; Actual result: -------------- **unexpected 'is' (T_STRING)** ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=81300&edit=1