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Bug #68183 Several postfix expressions are not valid for function call
Submitted: 2014-10-08 08:16 UTC Modified: 2016-11-11 21:57 UTC
From: chx@php.net Assigned: nikic (profile)
Status: Closed Package: PHP Language Specification
PHP Version: PHP-5.6 OS:
Private report: No CVE-ID: None
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 [2014-10-08 08:16 UTC] chx@php.net 
Description:
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Even in PHP 7

postfix-increment-expression
postfix-decrement-expression
exponentiation-expression

These one produce syntax errors and make no sense especially because exponentation is definitely numeric while function names must start with a letter (or so I thought).

member-selection-expression

it feels weird. I mean http://3v4l.org/ZeZR1 is not doable without a separate variable. The meaning of y in $x->y() and $x->y differs so I am not sure it should be swept into a single "member-selection-expression".

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 [2015-06-28 22:42 UTC] stas@php.net
-PHP Version: Irrelevant +PHP Version: PHP-5.6
 [2016-06-29 14:42 UTC] cmb@php.net 
> postfix-increment-expression
> postfix-decrement-expression

It is already stated that "the operand of the […] operators must
be a modifiable lvalue that has scalar-compatible type.

> exponentiation-expression

I'm not sure to what you are referring to. The following works as
expected (see <https://3v4l.org/YK35q>):

  trim('2') ** trim('3')

> The meaning of y in $x->y() and $x->y differs so I am not sure
> it should be swept into a single "member-selection-expression".

Syntactically, it has to.

> member-selection-expression
>
> it feels weird. I mean http://3v4l.org/ZeZR1 is not doable
> without a separate variable.

This issue has been addressed as of PHP 7.0.0. For PHP 5.6 the
langspec is indeed in error, because the code would be
syntactically valid and the langspec doesn't mention a respective
constraint.
 [2016-11-11 21:57 UTC] nikic@php.net 
Now at: https://github.com/php/php-langspec/blob/master/spec/10-expressions.md#member-access-operator

member-selection-expression has been split into member-access-expression and member-call-expression. Additionally, both were adjusted to accurate specify what is allowed on their LHS (and RHS, for that matter).
 [2016-11-11 21:57 UTC] nikic@php.net
-Status: Open +Status: Closed -Assigned To: +Assigned To: nikic
 
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