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Bug #37036 Silent error code 255 with syntactically invalid code
Submitted: 2006-04-11 07:21 UTC Modified: 2006-04-11 07:34 UTC
From: joustin at post dot pl Assigned:
Status: Not a bug Package: Scripting Engine problem
PHP Version: 5.1.2 OS: Windows
Private report: No CVE-ID: None
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 [2006-04-11 07:21 UTC] joustin at post dot pl 
Description:
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The following should throw a parse error. Instead, it break php without any output, throwing error code 255.

Reproduce code:
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<?php

echo foo($target.'/'.$foo['basename'].'_'.$y.$foo['extension'];

?>


Expected result:
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Parse error

Actual result:
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Exit Code 255

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 [2006-04-11 07:34 UTC] derick@php.net 
Sorry, but your problem does not imply a bug in PHP itself.  For a
list of more appropriate places to ask for help using PHP, please
visit http://www.php.net/support.php as this bug system is not the
appropriate forum for asking support questions.  Due to the volume
of reports we can not explain in detail here why your report is not
a bug.  The support channels will be able to provide an explanation
for you.

Thank you for your interest in PHP.

As you can see, that is not true. Turn on error reporting:

derick@kossu:~$ php
<?php

echo foo($target.'/'.$foo['basename'].'_'.$y.$foo['extension'];

?>

Parse error: syntax error, unexpected ';' in /home/derick/- on line 3
 
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