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Request #53446 Missing } error message
Submitted: 2010-12-02 05:52 UTC Modified: 2010-12-02 11:45 UTC
From: lynch@php.net Assigned:
Status: Not a bug Package: Scripting Engine problem
PHP Version: 5.3.3 OS: N/A
Private report: No CVE-ID: None
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 [2010-12-02 05:52 UTC] lynch@php.net 
Description:
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Parse error: syntax error, unexpected $end

99 times out of a hundred this means they are missing a closing }

How tricky would it be to make this message say what TOKEN is expected next, or something along the lines of "look for a missing '}', ')' or quote" or whatever gets the parser into this state?...

Every newbie gets bit by this.  Some of us got bit a lot. :-)

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 [2010-12-02 06:04 UTC] aharvey@php.net
-Package: Documentation problem +Package: Scripting Engine problem
 [2010-12-02 06:04 UTC] aharvey@php.net 
I suspect this would need Lemon, but I'll let the people who know about
such things weigh in.
 [2010-12-02 11:45 UTC] johannes@php.net
-Status: Open +Status: Bogus
 [2010-12-02 11:45 UTC] johannes@php.net 
Thee are quite a few options. Given

class Foo {
    public function bar() {}

the next thing might be a "}" or "public" or "var" or "const" or a comment or ... the parser can't know. The parser can only tell you what is not allowed. There's a project for a new parser which tries to improve error messages.
 
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