"class die {}" shows invalid error message

[ohyeaah]

Description

The following code:

<?php class die {}

Resulted in this output:

Parse error: syntax error, unexpected token "exit", expecting identifier in /in/84ai5 on line 1

But I expected this output instead:

Parse error: syntax error, unexpected token "die", expecting identifier in /in/84ai5 on line 1

PHP Version

PHP 8.4.3

Operating System

3v4l

[TimWolla]

Both exit and die are parsed as the same token T_EXIT internally. The impact of splitting them into two different tokens (e.g. for tools using token_get_all()) is probably not worth the slightly improved error message here.

[nielsdos]

Agreed, for me this is a "won't fix" as well. You normally won't see this in normal code.

[Girgias]

This is also long-standing behaviour, so I agree on the won't fix and will close the issue as such.