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Bug #32151 empty($i++) not work correctly
Submitted: 2005-03-01 15:41 UTC Modified: 2005-03-01 15:47 UTC
From: konicekmartin at seznam dot cz Assigned:
Status: Not a bug Package: Variables related
PHP Version: 4.3.9 OS: Linux
Private report: No CVE-ID: None
 [2005-03-01 15:41 UTC] konicekmartin at seznam dot cz
Description:
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I expect that $i=0; echo $empty($i++) return true instead of parse error

Reproduce code:
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$i=0;
while($i<10){
if(empty($i++)){
echo 'firstline';
} else {
echo $i++;
}
}

Expected result:
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Do the same as

$i=0;
while($i<10){
if($i++ == 0){
echo 'firstline';
} else {
echo $i++;
}
}

Actual result:
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Parse error: parse error, expecting `')'' 

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 [2005-03-01 15:47 UTC] tony2001@php.net
Thank you for taking the time to write to us, but this is not
a bug. Please double-check the documentation available at
http://www.php.net/manual/ and the instructions on how to report
a bug at http://bugs.php.net/how-to-report.php

"empty() only checks variables as anything else will result in a parse error. In otherwords, the following will not work: empty(addslashes($name))."

empty() doesn't work with expression, while $i++ is valid increment expression.
 
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