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Bug #35525 static + heredoc = parse error
Submitted: 2005-12-02 18:50 UTC Modified: 2005-12-02 20:43 UTC
From: snoyes at gmail dot com Assigned:
Status: Not a bug Package: Scripting Engine problem
PHP Version: 5.1.1 OS: Windows XP
Private report: No CVE-ID: None
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 [2005-12-02 18:50 UTC] snoyes at gmail dot com 
Description:
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Cannot assign static variables using heredoc.  The manual indicates heredoc is a string delimiter, interchangable with double quotes.  When assigning to static variables, it acts like an expression.

Reproduce code:
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<?php
static $x <<<TEXT
any text here
TEXT;

echo $x;
?>

Expected result:
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any text here

Actual result:
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Parse error: parse error, unexpected T_START_HEREDOC, expecting ',' or ';' in [file] on line 3

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 [2005-12-02 18:54 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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 [2005-12-02 20:43 UTC] snoyes at gmail dot com 
Hmm, just noticed that there is an error in my reproduce code (missing the '='), but corrected, it still causes the indicated error.

Code should be:
static $x = <<<TEXT
any text here
TEXT;

If we remove the "static" keyword, there is no error.
 
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