From: loikiolki at yahoo dot ca
Operating system: Windows XP
PHP version: 5.1.2
PHP Bug Type: Feature/Change Request
Bug description: Alternative syntax for switch() rejects whitespace
Description:
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There is a bug regarding whitespace surrounding opening/closing php tags
when using the alternative syntax for switch() statements. If you try to
insert a tab or spaces before the opening php tag for the first case
statement (<TAB><? case 'one': ?>), php dies with "PHP Parse error:
syntax error, unexpected T_INLINE_HTML, expecting T_ENDSWITCH or T_CASE or
T_DEFAULT". I realize that the only valid text between the 'switch' and
first 'case' statement must be a 'case' or 'default' label, but whitespace
should be an exception.
Reproduce code:
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// Works if whitespace before "<? case 'one:': ?>" is removed
$var = 'one';
<? switch($var): ?>
<? case 'one': ?>
<p>switch found one</p>
<? break; ?>
<? case 'two': ?>
<p>switch found two</p>
<break; ?>
<? default: ?>
<p>switch found something else</p>
<? endswitch; ?>
Expected result:
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<p>switch found one</p>
Actual result:
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PHP Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_INLINE_HTML, expecting
T_ENDSWITCH or T_CASE or T_DEFAULT in __FILE__ on line xxx
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