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Bug #54105 namespace names starting with \ should be invalid
Submitted: 2011-02-26 13:45 UTC Modified: 2011-02-26 14:20 UTC
Votes:1
Avg. Score:5.0 ± 0.0
Reproduced:1 of 1 (100.0%)
Same Version:1 (100.0%)
Same OS:0 (0.0%)
From: theseer@php.net Assigned:
Status: Not a bug Package: Scripting Engine problem
PHP Version: 5.3.5 OS: irrelevant
Private report: No CVE-ID: None
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 [2011-02-26 13:45 UTC] theseer@php.net
Description:
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Defining a namespace who's name starts with a \ is interpreted as a constant though resolving a constant for the namespace name is not supported (and should not! :) ) and results in an empty string being used.


Test script:
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test.php:

<?php
 define('a','\foo');
 require 'a.php';


a.php:

<?php
namespace \a; 
var_dump(__NAMESPACE__);
class b { }

Expected result:
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(Parse?) Error due to invalid namespace definition

Actual result:
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Empty string for __NAMESPACE__ or undefined constant a depending wheter or not the file "a.php" got required or called directly

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 [2011-02-26 14:00 UTC] johannes@php.net
-Status: Open +Status: Bogus
 [2011-02-26 14:00 UTC] johannes@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

define() does no checking of the name.

http://devzone.zend.com/article/475#Heading3
 [2011-02-26 14:13 UTC] johannes@php.net
-Status: Bogus +Status: Open
 [2011-02-26 14:13 UTC] johannes@php.net
Reading is hard ... seems valid
 [2011-02-26 14:20 UTC] felipe@php.net
-Status: Open +Status: Bogus
 [2011-02-26 14:20 UTC] felipe@php.net
'namespace \a;' is not declaring a namespace, but fetching a constant 'a' from the current namespace. (namespace\a)

http://docs.php.net/manual/en/language.namespaces.nsconstants.php
 
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