From: Operating system: Ubuntu 10.04 PHP version: 5.2.14 Package: Class/Object related Bug Type: Bug Bug description:Namespaces affects existing code after upgrade
Description: ------------ After upgradeing from php 5.2.4 to 5.3.2 (with ubuntu 10.4), the following code won't work: <?PHP class namespace extends something { } ?> The error message: PHP Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_NAMESPACE, expecting T_STRING in ... The documentation says: Q: If I don't use namespaces, should I care about any of this? A: No. Namespaces do not affect any existing code in any way ( http://www.php.net/manual/en/language.namespaces.faq.php ) Test script: --------------- <?PHP class namespace extends something { } ?> Expected result: ---------------- in this case, I won't define a php-namespace, but a functionality within my application, which was called so before namespaces existed in php. Actual result: -------------- PHP Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_NAMESPACE, expecting T_STRING in ... -- Edit bug report at http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=52410&edit=1 -- Try a snapshot (PHP 5.2): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52410&r=trysnapshot52 Try a snapshot (PHP 5.3): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52410&r=trysnapshot53 Try a snapshot (trunk): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52410&r=trysnapshottrunk Fixed in SVN: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52410&r=fixed Fixed in SVN and need be documented: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52410&r=needdocs Fixed in release: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52410&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52410&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52410&r=needscript Try newer version: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52410&r=oldversion Not developer issue: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52410&r=support Expected behavior: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52410&r=notwrong Not enough info: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52410&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52410&r=submittedtwice register_globals: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52410&r=globals PHP 4 support discontinued: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52410&r=php4 Daylight Savings: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52410&r=dst IIS Stability: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52410&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52410&r=gnused Floating point limitations: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52410&r=float No Zend Extensions: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52410&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52410&r=mysqlcfg