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Bug #46914 empty(CONSTANT) throws an T_PAAMAYIM_NEKUDOTAYIM error
Submitted: 2008-12-20 17:45 UTC Modified: 2008-12-20 22:15 UTC
From: christian at deligant dot net Assigned:
Status: Not a bug Package: Scripting Engine problem
PHP Version: 5.2.8 OS: debian etch
Private report: No CVE-ID: None
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 [2008-12-20 17:45 UTC] christian at deligant dot net
Description:
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see code below

Reproduce code:
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<?php
define ('EXAMPLE', 0);

if(empty(EXAMPLE)) {
    // some code here
}

/*

Save this file in example.php
Opening it via web or CLI the parser stops with an error saying:

Parse error: syntax error, unexpected ')', expecting T_PAAMAYIM_NEKUDOTAYIM in example.php on line 4

*/
?>

Expected result:
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the code in the IF cycle to be executed if EXAMPLE is defined as any value that resolves to "empty"

Actual result:
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Parse error: syntax error, unexpected ')', expecting T_PAAMAYIM_NEKUDOTAYIM in example.php on line 4

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 [2008-12-20 22:15 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

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