Bug #65812 [Com]: Func returns NULL if last stmt is 'Exception' or 'die' inside unreachable else

Edit report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=65812&edit=1

 ID:                 65812
 Comment by:         florian dot mueller at hostpoint dot ch
 Reported by:        florian dot mueller at hostpoint dot ch
 Summary:            Func returns NULL if last stmt is 'Exception' or
                     'die' inside unreachable else
 Status:             Feedback
 Type:               Bug
 Package:            CGI/CLI related
 Operating System:   freebsd 9.2
 PHP Version:        5.5.4
 Block user comment: N
 Private report:     N

 New Comment:

Yes, I'm sorry I reported this.

This has to do with opcache and is no php bug.

Thanks for the quick reply!


Previous Comments:
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[2013-10-02 12:30:31] m...@php.net

Disable opcache while you're at it.

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[2013-10-02 12:20:17] ni...@php.net

I can't reproduce this on Ubuntu, so this is either FreeBSD specific or has 
something to do with your environment. Could you try running your script with 
`php-cgi -n` and see if the problem persists?

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[2013-10-02 12:00:03] florian dot mueller at hostpoint dot ch

Description:
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Important: The problem occurs only with php-cgi binary and not with php binary.

The problem is, that the following snipped returns NULL instead of true. My 
guess is, that it has to do with a) if($variable) and b) the fact that "throw 
new Exception" is the last expression before return.

function testMinimal(){
  $foo = true;

  if($foo){
        echo '';
  } else {
        throw new Exception('foo');     
  }

  return true;
}

A attached a test script with several cases. 

For example this one returns NULL as well:

function testMinimalDie(){
  $foo = true;

  if($foo){
        echo '';
  } else {
        die();
  }

  return true;
}

whereas those two work:

function testMinimalNoVar(){
  if(true){
        echo '';
  } else {
        throw new Exception('foo');     
  }

  return true;
}

function testMinimalHack(){
  $foo = true;

  if($foo){
        echo '';
  } else {
        throw new Exception('foo');     
  }

  $someUnrelatedVariable=1;

  return true;
}

Test script:
---------------
<?php

echo "testMinimal ";
var_dump(testMinimal());
echo "testMinimalOk ";
var_dump(testMinimalOk());
echo "testMinimalNoEx ";
var_dump(testMinimalNoEx());
echo "testMinimalDie ";
var_dump(testMinimalDie());
echo "testMinimalDivZero ";
var_dump(testMinimalDivZero());
echo "testMinimalNoVar ";
var_dump(testMinimalNoVar());
echo "testMinimalEEE ";
var_dump(testMinimalEEE());
echo "testMinimalEE ";
var_dump(testMinimalEE());
echo "testMinimalReturnFalse ";
var_dump(testMinimalReturnFalse());
echo "testMinimalHack ";
var_dump(testMinimalHack());

function testMinimal(){
  $foo = true;

  if($foo){
        echo '';
  } else {
        throw new Exception('foo');     
  }

  return true;
}

function testMinimalHack(){
  $foo = true;

  if($foo){
        echo '';
  } else {
        throw new Exception('foo');     
  }

  $someUnrelatedVariable=1;

  return true;
}

function testMinimalEEE(){
  $foo = true;

  if($foo===true){
        echo '';
  } else {
        throw new Exception('foo');     
  }

  return true;
}

function testMinimalEE(){
  $foo = true;

  if($foo==true){
        echo '';
  } else {
        throw new Exception('foo');     
  }

  return true;
}


function testMinimalNoVar(){
  if(true){
        echo '';
  } else {
        throw new Exception('foo');     
  }

  return true;
}

function testMinimalReturnFalse(){
  if(true){
        echo '';
  } else {
        return false;   
  }

  return true;
}

function testMinimalNoEx(){
  $foo = true;

  if($foo){
        echo '';
  } else {
        echo 'gugus';   
  }

  return true;
}

function testMinimalDie(){
  $foo = true;

  if($foo){
        echo '';
  } else {
        die();
  }

  return true;
}

function testMinimalDivZero(){
  $foo = true;

  if($foo){
        echo '';
  } else {
        0/0;
  }

  return true;
}

function testMinimalOk(){
  $foo = true;

  if($foo){
        echo '';
  }

  return true;
}
?>


Expected result:
----------------
testMinimal bool(true)
testMinimalOk bool(true)
testMinimalNoEx bool(true)
testMinimalDie bool(true)
testMinimalDivZero bool(true)
testMinimalNoVar bool(true)
testMinimalEEE bool(true)
testMinimalEE bool(true)
testMinimalReturnFalse bool(true)
testMinimalHack bool(true)


Actual result:
--------------
testMinimal NULL
testMinimalOk bool(true)
testMinimalNoEx bool(true)
testMinimalDie NULL
testMinimalDivZero bool(true)
testMinimalNoVar bool(true)
testMinimalEEE NULL
testMinimalEE NULL
testMinimalReturnFalse bool(true)
testMinimalHack bool(true)



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