|
php.net | support | documentation | report a bug | advanced search | search howto | statistics | random bug | login |
PatchesPull RequestsHistoryAllCommentsChangesGit/SVN commits
[2009-12-01 18:57 UTC] jani@php.net
[2017-11-05 20:04 UTC] jean dot marc dot leger at gmail dot com
-Package: Feature/Change Request
+Package: *General Issues
[2017-11-05 20:04 UTC] jean dot marc dot leger at gmail dot com
[2017-11-05 20:27 UTC] spam2 at rhsoft dot net
[2017-11-05 20:41 UTC] jean dot marc dot leger at gmail dot com
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Copyright © 2001-2025 The PHP GroupAll rights reserved. |
Last updated: Mon Dec 08 17:00:01 2025 UTC |
Description: ------------ PHP has always tolerated one trailing comma (,) at the end of array declaration, producing no error. I assume this is intended to easily generate array-syntax compliant php code in a loop. <?php /* Array context */ $a = array(); // works fine // $a = array(,); // will not work: Parse error: syntax error, unexpected ',', expecting ')' $a = array(1,2); // works fine $a = array(1,2,); // works fine : PHP syntax tolerance : last comma is ignored //$a = array(1,2,3,,); // will not work: Parse error: syntax error, unexpected ',', expecting ')' ?> It would be great to have PHP behaving the same way in function declaration and function call parameters contexts. Reproduce code: --------------- <?php /* function declaration context */ function myfunction () {return true;} // works //function myfunction1 (,){return true;} // will not work: Parse error: syntax error, unexpected ')', expecting '&' or T_VARIABLE function myfunction2($a,$b){return true;} // works //function myfunction3($a,$b,){return true;} // will not work (should have): Parse error: syntax error, unexpected ')', expecting '&' or T_VARIABLE /* function call context */ myfunction(); // works fine //myfunction2(,); // will not work: throws Parse error: syntax error, unexpected ',', expecting ')' myfunction3($a,$a); // works fine //myfunction4($a,$a,); // will not work (should have): throws Parse error: syntax error, unexpected ')' Expected result: ---------------- <?php // This declaration shouldn't raise any parse error function myfunction3($a,$b,){return true;} // neither does this function call : myfunction4(1,2,); // in either cases, the last comma should just be silently ignored by the parser. Actual result: -------------- <?php function myfunction3($a,$b,){return true;} // Parse error: syntax error, unexpected ')', expecting '&' or T_VARIABLE myfunction4($a,$a,); // Parse error: syntax error, unexpected ')'