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Bug #52401 throw construct invalid within conditional
Submitted: 2010-07-22 12:17 UTC Modified: 2010-07-23 11:37 UTC
From: andrew at ajohnstone dot com Assigned:
Status: Not a bug Package: Scripting Engine problem
PHP Version: 5.3.2 OS:
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 [2010-07-22 12:17 UTC] andrew at ajohnstone dot com 
Description:
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The following is a valid:

(!array_key_exists($class, $this->_data)) AND new InvalidArgumentException("Class does not exist");

However the following is not:

(!array_key_exists($class, $this->_data)) AND throw new InvalidArgumentException("Class does not exist");

Test script:
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(!array_key_exists($class, $this->_data)) AND throw new InvalidArgumentException("Class does not exist");

Expected result:
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No syntax error

Actual result:
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Parse error: syntax error, unexpected

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 [2010-07-23 11:37 UTC] aharvey@php.net
-Status: Open +Status: Bogus
 [2010-07-23 11:37 UTC] aharvey@php.net 
By design; you can only use an expression in that context, not a
statement or control structure. Note that return wouldn't work there
either.
 
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