ID:               37047
 User updated by:  karoly at negyesi dot net
 Reported By:      karoly at negyesi dot net
 Status:           Verified
 Bug Type:         Documentation problem
 Operating System: Irrevelant
 PHP Version:      5.1.2
 New Comment:

Hint. If you doc this please doc everything as well that executes at
compile time. It will be a very interesting handbook page...


Previous Comments:
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[2006-04-11 22:38:31] sean@[...].net

Sorry. I misread.

You're right (-:

S


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[2006-04-11 22:37:29] sean@[...].net

see: http://php.net/return

"the return() statement immediately ends execution of the current
function"

(It's already documented.)

S


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[2006-04-11 22:28:04] karoly at negyesi dot net

Then this is a docs issue. Because I do not expect anything to be
executed after a return...

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[2006-04-11 22:21:31] tony2001@[...].net

Static variables are resolved in compile time.
Expected behaviour.

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[2006-04-11 22:15:50] karoly at negyesi dot net

Description:
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The code has been tested on PHP 4.3, 4.4, 5.0 and 5.1 various minors.

Reproduce code:
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function storage($key) {
  static $storage = array('a' =>  array('x', 'y'));
  return $storage[$key];
  static $storage = array('x', 'y'); // comment this out to see
expected result
}
var_dump(storage('a'));

Expected result:
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array(2) {
  [0]=> 
  string(1) "x"
  [1]=> 
  string(1) "y"
}


Actual result:
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NULL


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