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Doc Bug #67504 Alternative switch syntax - error when case not in same block with switch
Submitted: 2014-06-23 23:48 UTC Modified: 2014-06-24 00:08 UTC
From: lightnb at bellsouth dot net Assigned: aharvey (profile)
Status: Closed Package: Documentation problem
PHP Version: 5.5.13 OS: Ubuntu 14.04
Private report: No CVE-ID: None
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 [2014-06-23 23:48 UTC] lightnb at bellsouth dot net 
Description:
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My actual version is 5.5.9-1ubuntu4, it wasn't on the list. This is the Ubuntu package version on Ubuntu 14.04.

The following code throws a parse error on the second line. The error is:
"syntax error, unexpected ' ', expecting endswitch (T_ENDSWITCH) or case (T_CASE) or default (T_DEFAULT)"

<?switch($MyVar):?>
   <?case '1':?>
      Step One
   <?break;?>
   <?case '2':?>
      Step Two
   <?break;?>   
<?endswitch;?>

It appears that the closing tag trips up the parser which it should not do when using the alternative switch syntax.

Using the following syntax (putting the first case in the same PHP block as the opening switch) works correctly:

<?switch($MyVar):
   case '1':?>
      Step One
   <?break;?>
   <?case '2':?>
      Step Two
   <?break;?>   
<?endswitch;?>

Test script:
---------------
<?switch($MyVar):?>
   <?case '1':?>
      Step One
   <?break;?>
   <?case '2':?>
      Step Two
   <?break;?>   
<?endswitch;?>

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 [2014-06-23 23:57 UTC] aharvey@php.net
-Type: Bug +Type: Documentation Problem -Package: *General Issues +Package: Documentation problem
 [2014-06-23 23:57 UTC] aharvey@php.net 
This works OK without the indentation (cf http://3v4l.org/Lj7L7): the issue is that the indentation before the case statement effectively puts an echo in between the switch and the case, which is invalid.

I'll see if I can tighten up the alternative syntax documentation to mention that.
 [2014-06-24 00:08 UTC] aharvey@php.net 
Automatic comment from SVN on behalf of aharvey
Revision: http://svn.php.net/viewvc/?view=revision&amp;revision=333913
Log: Add a cautionary note about switch/case and whitespace.

Fixes doc bug #67504 (Alternative switch syntax - error when case not in same
block with switch).
 [2014-06-24 00:08 UTC] aharvey@php.net
-Status: Open +Status: Closed -Assigned To: +Assigned To: aharvey
 [2014-06-24 00:08 UTC] aharvey@php.net 
This bug has been fixed in the documentation's XML sources. Since the
online and downloadable versions of the documentation need some time
to get updated, we would like to ask you to be a bit patient.

Thank you for the report, and for helping us make our documentation better.
 
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