String after // is causing script to bomb

From: Joshua Beall (jbeall_at_heraldic.us)
Date: 10/31/03 

Date: Fri, 31 Oct 2003 00:09:56 GMT

Hi All,

I have the following comment in one of my lines of code:

// a processing instruction like <?php return "Hello, world!"; ?> somewhere
in the XML would cause the

Now, when I try and execute the script, I get a parse error referencing the
line on which that comment occurs. Taking out the part that reads "<?php
return Hello World;" ?> makes the parse error go away.

Using /* */ style comments also eliminates the error.

Is this a bug? Should not everything after // be ignored by the parser?

FYI, here is the error:

Parse error: parse error, expecting `T_OLD_FUNCTION' or `T_FUNCTION' or
`T_VAR' or `'}'' in <filename> on line 130

  -Josh

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