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Bug #51962 PHP doesn't allow to have function named "goto"
Submitted: 2010-06-01 08:55 UTC Modified: 2010-06-01 09:12 UTC
Votes:1
Avg. Score:3.0 ± 0.0
Reproduced:1 of 1 (100.0%)
Same Version:1 (100.0%)
Same OS:1 (100.0%)
From: jankkhvej at gmail dot com Assigned:
Status: Not a bug Package: Scripting Engine problem
PHP Version: 5.3.2 OS: Ubuntu 10.04
Private report: No CVE-ID: None
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 [2010-06-01 08:55 UTC] jankkhvej at gmail dot com
Description:
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[...]
	public function goto($page_num)
	{
		$this->page_num = $page_num;
	}
[...]

gives that:

[Tue Jun 01 09:34:01 2010] [error] [client 127.0.1.1] PHP Parse error:  syntax error, unexpected T_GOTO, expecting T_STRING in /workspace/project/web/lib/DataSourcePager.class.php on line 63


Test script:
---------------
<?php
class My_goto_test {
        public function goto($str = null) {
                echo $str;
        }
}

$tezt = new My_goto_test;
$tezt->goto('hello!');


Expected result:
----------------
hello!

Actual result:
--------------
PHP Parse error:  syntax error, unexpected T_GOTO, expecting T_STRING in /home/solik/jjj/goto_test.php on line 3

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 [2010-06-01 09:12 UTC] rasmus@php.net
-Status: Open +Status: Bogus
 [2010-06-01 09:12 UTC] rasmus@php.net
This should come as no surprise to you if you had read the migration guide:

http://us.php.net/manual/en/migration53.incompatible.php
 
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