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Bug #13183 \ at end of literal causes parsing error
Submitted: 2001-09-06 15:21 UTC Modified: 2001-09-06 15:41 UTC
From: php at workingsites dot co dot uk Assigned:
Status: Not a bug Package: Scripting Engine problem
PHP Version: 4.0.6 OS: Linux
Private report: No CVE-ID: None
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 [2001-09-06 15:21 UTC] php at workingsites dot co dot uk 
Fails

<?

	echo 'Set ts = fso.CreateTextFile("c:\';

?>

Suceeds

<?

	echo 'Set ts = fso.CreateTextFile("c:\\';

?>

If a \ is the last character of a string literal then a parse error is raise.

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 [2001-09-06 15:41 UTC] sander@php.net 
Not a bug. \ escapes ' and "
See the manual for more info (http://www.php.net/manual/en/language.types.string.php)
 
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