ID: 37211
User updated by: idbaxter at semdesigns dot com
Reported By: idbaxter at semdesigns dot com
-Status: Bogus
+Status: Open
Bug Type: Documentation problem
Operating System: Windows
PHP Version: Irrelevant
New Comment:
Your "technical" defintion of statement doesn't help.
The issue is, can I use require_once and include_once
as functions inside the if condition clause?
I clearly cannot use a "if statement" inside that condition
clause. Yet the sample code appears to treat
require_once etc. as *value* returning functions.
Are require_once and include_once value returning functions?
If so, what value do they return? (The docs imply that they do not, and
therefore cannot be used in an expression context.)
I think there's two problems here:
1) what is the intended definition?
2) What does the documentation say?
Previous Comments:
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[2006-04-26 18:37:54] [EMAIL PROTECTED]
PHP manual definition of a statement: "A statement can be an
assignment, a function call, a loop, a conditional statement or even a
statement that does nothing (an empty statement)." require fits in this
definition.
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[2006-04-26 17:04:42] idbaxter at semdesigns dot com
Description:
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The online manual clearly states that require_once
(and related actions such as include) are *statements*.
There is no documented return value.
It also states that "if" is a *statement*.
But actual code sample (from a running
system) shows that require_once
(and related actions such as include) can
be used like a function (see attached code),
and even odder, the "@" operator can suppress
errors.
Now, you can't do that with "if" statement.
So, if require_once is a statement, you shouldn't
be able to do that. If it is a function,
it should be documented as such.
So, is the following code wrong?
Reproduce code:
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<?php
if (! require_once /* require_once as a function
*/(APP_ROOT_DIR.'EcWebFramework/conf/Includes.php')) {
$msg = 'Can not load Includes - check filesystem.';
error_log($msg);
die($msg);
}
@include_once( $includePath ) ; /* @ supressess error */
if( [EMAIL PROTECTED]( $include_file ) ) / *both wierdnesses */
{
$this->__errorAlert( 'TemplatePower Error: Couldn\'t
include script [ '. $include_file .' ]!' );
exit();
}
Expected result:
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I expected to get a complaint about illegal syntax.
Actual result:
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Above code runs without complaint.
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