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Bug #48830 eval() parser error/warning on \'
Submitted: 2009-07-07 09:23 UTC Modified: 2009-07-07 11:32 UTC
From: s dot coletta at unidata dot it Assigned:
Status: Not a bug Package: Scripting Engine problem
PHP Version: 5.2.10 OS: Windows/Ubuntu
Private report: No CVE-ID: None
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 [2009-07-07 09:23 UTC] s dot coletta at unidata dot it 
Description:
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Eval() makes a wrong parsing of a string ending with \\' or \'

The "Reproduce code" will not fail if you remove the ending \\ or \ like:

$str = "define('A','C:\\Dir');"; or
$str = "define('A','C:\Dir');";


Reproduce code:
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$str = "define('A','C:\\Dir\\');";
eval($str);

or 

$str = "define('A','C:\Dir\');";
eval($str);


Expected result:
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No warnings or errors.

Just this statement executed:

define('A','C:\Dir\');


Actual result:
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For both examples provided the result is the same:


Warning: Unexpected character in input: ''' (ASCII=39) state=1 in /test.php(3) : eval()'d code on line 1

Parse error: syntax error, unexpected ':' in /test.php(3) : eval()'d code on line 1

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 [2009-07-07 09:43 UTC] sjoerd-php at linuxonly dot nl 
Thank you for your bug report.

The issue you report is not a bug. Both strings in your example look like this:
define('A','C:\Dir\');

Note that the last single quote is escaped by the backslash. Passing this to eval or putting this string in a PHP file will rightfully give a parse error, because there is no ending quote.
 [2009-07-07 10:38 UTC] s dot coletta at unidata dot it 
I'm sorry but if I write this code:

$str = "define('A','C:\\Dir\\');";
eval($str);

I expect to be evaluated properly because \\' has to be escaped to \'

So you are saying that: \\' is escaped to \' by the PHP parser when assigned to the string $str then eval parses it again escaping \' a second time and causing the error.

Now, if I need to eval a statement like that, and this is not considered a bug, how can I workaround this?
 [2009-07-07 11:32 UTC] jani@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

http://php.net/eval
 
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