Re: [PHP-DEV] Re: PHP 4.0 Bug #7367 Updated: for loop From: Andi Gutmans (andi <email protected>)
Date: 10/21/00

The format of the for loop is:
for (expr; expr; expr)

There is no reason why adding a ';' after the third expression should work.

Andi

At 04:19 PM 10/20/00 +0200, Dominique Stender wrote:
>Yeah, its wrong syntax but ";" has no semantic functionality right before a
>")" or "}" and maybe some more block-ending signs so (IMHO) its a problem of
>the syntax checker being too strict.
>
>best regards,
>
>Dominique Stender
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Bug Database" <php-dev <email protected>>
>To: <d.stender <email protected>>
>Sent: Friday, October 20, 2000 4:09 PM
>Subject: PHP 4.0 Bug #7367 Updated: for loop
>
>
> > ID: 7367
> > Updated by: derick
> > Reported By: d.stender <email protected>
> > Status: Closed
> > Bug Type: Scripting Engine problem
> > Assigned To:
> > Comments:
> >
> > Of course it doesn't. This is not a bug, that syntax is just wrong.
> >
> > Previous Comments:
> > --------------------------------------------------------------------------
>-
> >
> > [2000-10-20 09:58:33] d.stender <email protected>
> > Hello everyone,
> >
> >
> >
> > for ($i = 0; $i < $max; $i++ ) {
> >
> > echo $i
> >
> > }
> >
> >
> >
> > works while
> >
> >
> >
> > for ($i = 0; $i < $max; $i++; ) {
> >
> > echo $i
> >
> > }
> >
> >
> >
> > does not. Note the added ; in the for definition.
> >
> >
> >
> > greetings,
> >
> >
> >
> > Dominique Stender
> >
> >
> >
> > --------------------------------------------------------------------------
>-
> >
> >
> > Full Bug description available at: http://bugs.php.net/?id=7367
> >
>
>
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