('type of bug' may be wrong, just sounded right)

When you comment ?> such as:

     //?>

PHP sees it as the ending of a script. I _assume_ this is correctly done, since:

     <?
     phpinfo();
     //blah?>

is valid code. (unless i am wrong, and //?> is either supposed to be parsed as commented/invalid, then it's only another instance where the bug occurs :-)

BUT, when commenting (with //) something that includes ?> ANYWHERE, it still ends the script (which i also _assume_ is wrong, becuase of the circumstances of the comment). Such as, in my case:

     preg_match('/<.*?>/',$file,$match);

commented for testing purposes:

     //preg_match('/<.*?>/',$file,$match);

The above (commented preg_match) will end the script, and everything below is treated as non-php and displayed to browser/stdout. This should NOT be happening, since regexp's (as an example) can potentialy contain this combination of characters (?>).

I have tested it with these string, and the bug exists:

Inside of text to be commented:
     //sd;lfksdl;fk;sdf?>sd;fkljskl;dfj
Inside of a function to be commented:
     //preg_match('/<.*?>/',$file,$match);
As the only item in a comment:
     //?>

Now, using /* ?> */ (or any of the strings mentioned above) correctly is parsed as a comment. I have not checked other commenting methods (to tell you the truth, im not sure if there are more ways, these are the only two i ever use :-)