Edit report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=65456&edit=1
ID: 65456 Updated by: ahar...@php.net Reported by: ultimateeffect at hotmail dot com Summary: Incomprehensible error message while producing a syntax error -Status: Open +Status: Wont fix Type: Bug Package: *General Issues Operating System: Ubuntu 13.04 PHP Version: 5.4.17 Block user comment: N Private report: N New Comment: Recent versions of PHP include the actual ::, as your error message includes, so it should be clear where the error is (and say what you will, but T_PAAMAYIM_NEKUDOTAYIM is _very_ easy to Google). Every language needs a little quirkiness. More seriously, this has previously been discussed on Internals, and the consensus was no change: http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.comp.php.devel/62911 Marking Won't Fix. I suggest you find friendlier Rails developers. Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2013-08-15 15:43:34] ultimateeffect at hotmail dot com Description: ------------ T_PAAMAYIM_NEKUDOTAYIM - No one has addressed this yet even though this has been laughed at by rails developers for some time already so I am creating a ticket. Thank you. http://me.veekun.com/blog/2012/04/09/php-a-fractal-of-bad-design/ Test script: --------------- <?php :: Expected result: ---------------- Parse error: syntax error, unexpected '::' (T_DOUBLE_COLON) in ... Actual result: -------------- Parse error: syntax error, unexpected '::' (T_PAAMAYIM_NEKUDOTAYIM) in ... ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=65456&edit=1