Description:
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configure command line:

'./configure' '--with-zlib' '--with-mysql=/var/lib/mysql' '--with-apxs=/usr/sbin/apxs' '--with-oci8=/u01/app/oracle/product/8.1.7' '--with-mssql=/usr/local/freetds'

Browser: IE6 & Firefox by far

This is a purely PHP parser problem, I think. It can't determine if the "{" and "}" inside HTML comment tags.
Problematic codes:

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Begin of html/php file
These are html codes
<!--
<?}?>
-->
<br>
End of htm file
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The HTML comment should take privilege over the PHP tag thus these codes shouldn't generate a problem, but it does.

Error:
Parse error: parse error, unexpected '}'



Reproduce code:
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Begin of html/php file
These are html codes
<!--
<?}?>
-->
<br>
End of htm file


Expected result:
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Begin of html/php file
These are html codes
End of htm file

Actual result:
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Parse error: parse error, unexpected '}' on line 7