RE: [PHP] == vs = should generate a warning or error -- was: Why won't this work?

> That would suck since many many PHP programs use stuff like: > > while($row=mysql_fetch_row($result)) { ... } > > There is absolutely nothing wrong with doing an assignment in > a conditional and if it generated a warning it would drive a > lot of people crazy. First off, I have to LMAO at "that would suck". So unexpected but humorus. But seriously, this is why I suggest it be a config file option. Not a new way of doing things, to break old code. But something toggle-able. Or, I'm sure the PHP parser could be made smarter to look for common 'assigments' that are supposed to be 'conditions'. For example I seriously doubt that NOBODY EVER means to do if ($x = 5) { } That CLEARLY is supposed to be using a == and not = And I'm sure there are other such obvious cases that the parser could check for somehow. Just a suggestion. Thass all.