Edit report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=76608&edit=1
ID: 76608
Updated by: [email protected]
Reported by: mattacosta at gmail dot com
Summary: Heredoc end label should not require an additional
trailing character
Status: Verified
-Type: Bug
+Type: Documentation Problem
Package: Scripting Engine problem
PHP Version: 7.2.7
Assigned To: jasny
Block user comment: N
Private report: N
New Comment:
> The semicolon is not required *for the heredoc itself*. You
> still have to write valid code, […]
Right. Changing to doc problem.
Previous Comments:
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[2019-04-03 19:18:21] [email protected]
Yeah. Easily.
echo <<<FOO
abcdefg
FOO, "hijk";
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[2019-04-03 19:09:09] chasepeeler at gmail dot com
Can you provide an example where you would ever not need a semicolon at the end of the heredoc, then?
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[2019-04-03 18:07:55] [email protected]
> However, if you don't include a semicolon, you get an error:
The semicolon is not required *for the heredoc itself*. You still have to write valid code, and
$str = "
abcdefg"
echo $str;
is not valid code.
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[2019-04-03 17:47:55] chasepeeler at gmail dot com
Yes, in 7.3, the documentation states:
"The closing marker for doc strings is no longer required to be followed by a semicolon or newline."
https://www.php.net/manual/en/migration73.new-features.php#migration73.new-features.core.heredoc
However, if you don't include a semicolon, you get an error:
<?php
$str = <<<FOO
abcdefg
FOO
echo $str;
> Parse error: syntax error, unexpected 'echo' (T_ECHO) in /in/eTKHe on line 7
If you add a semicolon after FOO, everything works. This is against 7.3.3:
https://3v4l.org/eTKHe
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[2018-07-11 17:57:49] mattacosta at gmail dot com
That error appears to be correct in previous versions though. Without the required line break, the label would be part of the text instead, so it would make sense to expect T_END_HEREDOC.
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