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Bug #60540 nowdoc & heredoc definition fails on leaving scripts without php end-tag
Submitted: 2011-12-15 22:14 UTC Modified: 2011-12-18 17:00 UTC
From: constantine dot exelsior at gmail dot com Assigned:
Status: Not a bug Package: Scripting Engine problem
PHP Version: 5.3.8 OS: all
Private report: No CVE-ID: None
 [2011-12-15 22:14 UTC] constantine dot exelsior at gmail dot com
Description:
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Scripts explicitly started with <?php, but leaved without an ending ?> having 
nowdoc or heredoc definitions inside will result in an syntax error.

Full Error description:
Parse error: syntax error, unexpected $end, expecting T_VARIABLE or 
T_END_HEREDOC or T_DOLLAR_OPEN_CURLY_BRACES or T_CURLY_OPEN in <FILE> on line 
<NUMBER>

tested environment:
Zend Server Community Edition
PHP Version 5.3.8-ZS5.5.0

Workarround Solution:
Simply close the <?php on scripts having nowdoc or heredoc definitions.

In bigger projects the most developer leaved any scripts arround without an 
closing php-tag as usual to prevent printing out blank spaces / lines to the 
client.

Test script:
---------------
<?php
echo <<<'EOT'
<b>test</b>
EOT;

Expected result:
----------------
<b>test</b>

Actual result:
--------------
Parse error: syntax error, unexpected $end, expecting T_VARIABLE or T_END_HEREDOC 
or T_DOLLAR_OPEN_CURLY_BRACES or T_CURLY_OPEN in C:\Program Files 
(x86)\Zend\Apache2\htdocs\bam.php on line 4

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 [2011-12-18 17:00 UTC] felipe@php.net
-Status: Open +Status: Bogus
 [2011-12-18 17:00 UTC] felipe@php.net
Thank you for taking the time to write to us, but this is not
a bug. Please double-check the documentation available at
http://www.php.net/manual/ and the instructions on how to report
a bug at http://bugs.php.net/how-to-report.php

As says the documentation:
"The closing delimiter (possibly followed by a semicolon) must also be followed by a newline."

Just put a newline after the heredoc/nowdoc closing delimiter.
 
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