ID: 49713 User updated by: patrickdk at patrickdk dot com Reported By: patrickdk at patrickdk dot com -Status: Feedback +Status: Open Bug Type: Scripting Engine problem Operating System: Ubuntu PHP Version: 5.2.11 New Comment:
I dunno what you mean by 'all parse problems'. I turned on as much debugging info as I can, have all warnings/notify also logged. I saw normal errors like syntax/unused vars/... in the logs, but never anything about that global line. I used the test code: <?php global $test=true; To figure out what was wrong. I also used this to see if it made a difference: <?php function testing() { global $test=true; } And it didn't, both fail without any warning/error/message. Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2009-09-30 18:32:58] sjo...@php.net Thank you for your bug report. Does this problem occur with all parse problems or just this one? Do you have error reporting enabled? Is there something in your PHP error log? ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2009-09-29 16:34:09] patrickdk at patrickdk dot com Description: ------------ the global modifier causes http 500 errors but doesn't produce any syntax errors or other messages when used incorrectly. It's behavure isn't documented and is described next to static that works differently. Reproduce code: --------------- <?php global $test=true; Expected result: ---------------- It should give a syntax error, and manual should be updates to explain assigning a value on the global declaration isn't valid, unlike with static. Actual result: -------------- php-cgi test.php Status: 500 Internal Server Error X-Powered-By: PHP/5.2.11 Content-type: text/html ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=49713&edit=1