Mmm. I'm still not following and not completely convinced. Changing "echo alarmLightYMD();" to simply "alarmLightYMD();" in the bottom function doesn't print anything in the table cell at all (for the first test case).
While your idea at first makes sense and does seem like a newbie mistake (and you are correct, I do have nested "echo" statements come to think of it). What I don't get is why it's not consistent. "Expanding" the relevant lines, it should be like this: echo "<TD>".(echo "<IMG SRC='images/light_red.gif'>")."</TD>"; Which fails, and the other line would be (which works): <TD><?php echo (echo "<IMG SRC='images/light_red.gif'>"); ?></TD> In my book, they're both double echoing the output if you will... Are you with me on that? So again, why does the second one work and the first one doesn't? > -----Original Message----- > From: Philip Hallstrom [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, April 04, 2003 5:20 PM > To: Daevid Vincent > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [PHP] Re: Found a bug in 4.2.3 re: <TD> and echo vs. <?php?> > > > It's a coding error... at least I think so. > > change alarmLightMySQL just return the results not "echo" > them... echoing > them doesn't make much sense inside another echo statement... > > On Fri, 4 Apr 2003, Daevid Vincent wrote: > > > Here, try this bullshit... > > > > I can't upgrade to a more recent version as I'm not in > control of the > > server, but I've tried it with both 4.1.2 and 4.2.3 on > linux with a RH > > install. Can anyone confirm or dispute this bug exists in > later versions? > > > > How does a parsing error like this go un-noticed for so long? > > > > Obviously I took out all the interesting stuff in the page > and so that can't > > be blamed. This is about as bare skeleton test case as you can get. > > > > *sigh* > > > > ------------snip---------------- > > > > <?php > > function alarmLightYMD() > > { > > return "<IMG SRC='images/light_red.gif'>"; > > } > > > > function alarmLightMySQL() > > { > > echo alarmLightYMD(); > > } > > ?> > > <html> > > <head> > > <title>FUCKED UP PHP Bug #1234170238741023</title> > > </head> > > > > <body> > > PHP Version 4.1.2<BR> > > PHP Version 4.2.3<BR> > > <BR> > > Why the FUCK doesn't this work!!!! > > <P> > > <TABLE BORDER="1"> > > <?php > > for ($i = 0; $i < 10; $i++ ) { > > echo "<TR>"; > > echo "<TD>".alarmLightMySQL()."</TD>"; > > echo "<TD>this fails!</TD>"; > > echo "</TR>"; > > } > > ?> > > </TABLE> > > > > <HR> > > > > YET THIS DOES! > > <P> > > <TABLE BORDER="1"> > > <?php for ($i = 0; $i < 10; $i++ ) { ?> > > <TR> > > <TD><?php echo alarmLightMySQL(); ?></TD> > > <TD>this works</TD> > > </TR> > > <?php } ?> > > </TABLE> > > </body> > > </html> > > > > ------------snip---------------- > > > > > > > > "Ezekiel 25:17. The path of the righteous man is beset on > all sides by the > > inequities of the selfish and the tyranny of evil men. > Blessed is he who in > > the name of charity and goodwill shepherds the weak through > the valley of > > darkness, for he is TRULY his brother's keeper and the > finder of lost > > children. And I will strike down upon thee with GREAT vengeance and > > FU-U-U-URIOUS anger, those who attempt to poison, and > destroy my brothers! > > And you will KNOW my name is the Lord, when I lay my > vengeance upon thee!" > > > > > > -- > > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > > > > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
