note 77415 added to language.basic-syntax.comments

it's perhaps not obvious to some, but the following code will cause a parse error! the ?> in //?> is not treated as commented text, this is a result of having to handle code on one line such as <?php echo 'something'; //comment ?> <?php if(1==1) { //?> } ?> i discovered this "anomally" when i commented out a line of code containing a regex which itself contained ?>, with the // style comment. e.g. //preg_match('/^(?>c|b)at$/', 'cat', $matches); will cause an error while commented! using /**/ style comments provides a solution. i don't know about # style comments, i don't ever personally use them. ---- Server IP: 69.147.83.197 Probable Submitter: 172.207.64.211 ---- Manual Page -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/language.basic-syntax.comments.php Edit -- https://master.php.net/note/edit/77415 Del: integrated -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/77415/integrated Del: useless -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/77415/useless Del: bad code -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/77415/bad+code Del: spam -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/77415/spam Del: non-english -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/77415/non-english Del: in docs -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/77415/in+docs Del: other reasons-- https://master.php.net/note/delete/77415 Reject -- https://master.php.net/note/reject/77415 Search -- https://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php