#24135 [NEW]: eval() documentation ignores FALSE return value from Fatal Errors

From: gk at proliberty dot com Operating system: linux ; kernel 2.4.18 PHP version: 4.3.2 PHP Bug Type: Documentation problem Bug description: eval() documentation ignores FALSE return value from Fatal Errors Description: ------------ The manual says: > In PHP 4, eval() returns NULL unless return() is called in the evaluated code... This is not true. PHP returns FALSE if a fatal error occurs. This is very important especially for CLI/SAPI applications which must often catch fatal errors and propogate them with exit(1). Reproduce code: --------------- <?php // FILE: test/test.php $x=eval(";"); echo "Non-Fatal Error Returns: "; if($x===FALSE) echo "FALSE\n"; if(is_null($x)) echo "NULL\n"; $x=eval("<?"); echo "Fatal Error Returns: "; if($x===FALSE) echo "FALSE\n"; if(is_null($x)) echo "NULL\n"; ?> Expected result: ---------------- OUTPUT: $ php test/test.php Non-Fatal Error Returns: NULL PHP Parse error: parse error in /usr/local/apache/htdocs/common/php/xmake_org/xobj/test/test.php(6) : eval()'d code on line 1 Fatal Error Returns: FALSE -- Edit bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=24135&edit=1 -- Try a CVS snapshot: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=24135&r=trysnapshot Fixed in CVS: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=24135&r=fixedcvs Fixed in release: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=24135&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=24135&r=needtrace Try newer version: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=24135&r=oldversion Not developer issue: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=24135&r=support Expected behavior: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=24135&r=notwrong Not enough info: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=24135&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=24135&r=submittedtwice register_globals: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=24135&r=globals PHP 3 support discontinued: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=24135&r=php3 Daylight Savings: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=24135&r=dst IIS Stability: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=24135&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=24135&r=gnused