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Request #51047 keyword "continue": argument type-check would be safer
Submitted: 2010-02-14 17:19 UTC Modified: 2010-02-15 02:55 UTC
From: matze73 at hallo dot ms Assigned:
Status: Not a bug Package: Feature/Change Request
PHP Version: 5.2.12 OS: any
Private report: No CVE-ID: None
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 [2010-02-14 17:19 UTC] matze73 at hallo dot ms
Description:
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The 'continue' keyword can have a numerical argument which is not type-checked.

Php could do a type-check on the argument that would catch (some) syntax errors where the ";" is missing after 'continue'. 

Please consider the syntax error of a missing ";" after 'continue'.

The reproduce-code "eats" the following line during runtime. 


Reproduce code:
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if ( condition ) 
 continue      // missing ; here

$a = "test";



Expected result:
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The line 

  $a = "test"

is expected to be executed if condition is false.


Actual result:
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The line

  $a = "test"

is only executed if 'condition' is true.


No warning during run-time although continue's argument-type is incorrect.

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 [2010-02-15 02:55 UTC] aharvey@php.net
A syntax error is a syntax error, fundamentally, and this is 
specifically documented as a case to watch for in the manual. The fact 
that continue can take any expression -- whether numeric or not -- has 
been the case for a long time and can't be changed without breaking 
backward compatibility.

Closing.
 
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