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Bug #66077 Cannot use __HALT_COMPILER(); with require() in namespace.
Submitted: 2013-11-11 03:23 UTC Modified: 2013-11-11 16:28 UTC
From: kevin at herrera dot io Assigned:
Status: Not a bug Package: Scripting Engine problem
PHP Version: 5.5.5 OS: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS
Private report: No CVE-ID: None
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 [2013-11-11 03:23 UTC] kevin at herrera dot io 
Description:
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If I require() a file within "namespace {}", I cannot call __HALT_COMPILER(); at the end of the script. Instead, I receive a fatal error.

Test script:
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https://gist.github.com/kherge/7407259

Expected result:
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Hello, world!

Actual result:
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PHP Fatal error:  No code may exist outside of namespace {} in /home/kherrera/Testing/b.php on line 3
PHP Stack trace:
PHP   1. {main}() /home/kherrera/Testing/a.php:0

Fatal error: No code may exist outside of namespace {} in /home/kherrera/Testing/b.php on line 3

Call Stack:
    0.0001     235816   1. {main}() /home/kherrera/Testing/a.php:0

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 [2013-11-11 06:10 UTC] phpmpan at mpan dot pl 
"__halt_compiler() can only be used from the outermost scope."

http://php.net/manual/function.halt-compiler.php
 [2013-11-11 06:12 UTC] kevin at herrera dot io 
The example demonstrates that this is not true in all cases.
 [2013-11-11 16:28 UTC] bwoebi@php.net
-Status: Open +Status: Not a bug
 [2013-11-11 16:28 UTC] bwoebi@php.net 
There are two documented things: No code outside of a namespace with brackets and __halt_compiler only in the outermost scope.

So you simply can't use a __halt_compiler token in your code when you use namespaces with brackets.
 [2013-11-11 21:22 UTC] kevin at herrera dot io 
The behavior is not consistent, which is what confused me.

I added "c.php", which shows "namespace {}" and "__halt_compiler" being used successfully together.

https://gist.github.com/kherge/7407259#file-c-php
 
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