Bug #51550 [Opn]: 'Open php' tag at end of file causes 'syntax error, unexpected $end'

Edit report at http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=51550&edit=1 ID: 51550 Updated by: johannes@php.net Reported by: daan at react dot com Summary: 'Open php' tag at end of file causes 'syntax error, unexpected $end' Status: Open Type: Bug -Package: Scripting Engine problem +Package: Documentation problem Operating System: Debian Etch PHP Version: 5.2.13 New Comment: This is fixed in 5.3 with a new parser. This won't be fixed in 5.2. Maybe the doc team wants to add it to the documentation. Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2010-04-13 15:40:13] daan at react dot com Description: ------------ This probably is a known effect, but I will just open a bug so it can be documented as such: When you end a file with a PHP open tag '<?php', and there is no character beyond the tag the parser chokes with an 'unexpected $end' parse error. Curiously, a short tag '<?' (if enabled) used in such a way raises no error. This effect is of course also seen when you eval a string containing an PHP open tag at the end of the string. (from there I originally stumbled on this behaviour) In PHP 5.3 the code behaves as expected, so someone probably already spotted this one, or fixed the parser to be less nitty. Test script: --------------- <?php Expected result: ---------------- Nothin Actual result: -------------- Parse error: syntax error, unexpected $end in test.php on line 1 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=51550&edit=1