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Doc Bug #69231 Example 3 seems wrong
Submitted: 2015-03-12 15:10 UTC Modified: 2015-03-12 16:07 UTC
From: alejandroivan at ingenieros dot com Assigned:
Status: Not a bug Package: Documentation problem
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 [2015-03-12 15:10 UTC] alejandroivan at ingenieros dot com 
Description:
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From manual page: http://www.php.net/language.types.string
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Is example 3 correct? The original example says:

<?php
var_dump(array(<<<EOD
foobar!
EOD
));
?>

According to heredoc explanation, the string should end with "EOD;":

<?php
var_dump(array(<<<EOD
foobar!
EOD;
));
?>

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 [2015-03-12 16:07 UTC] salathe@php.net
-Status: Open +Status: Not a bug
 [2015-03-12 16:07 UTC] salathe@php.net 
Yes, the example is correct.

The semicolon is a statement terminator, but in the cited example the statement is not finished yet as we're in the middle of providing arguments in a function call.

When used in this way, the closing heredoc identifier must be on a line entirely of its own. E.g. the following is not allowed:

<?php
vr_dump(array(<<<EOD
foobar!
EOD));
?>
 
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