microsoft / microsoft/tolerant-php-parser
ForeachStatement->foreachKey with an key in the statement returns `$key =>`
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- PHP
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Description
See:

Test script:
<?php
use Microsoft\PhpParser\Parser;
require_once './vendor/autoload.php';
$parser = new Parser;
$ast = $parser->parseSourceFile(file_get_contents('source.php'));
var_dump($ast->statementList[1]);
exit;
Source.php:
<?php
foreach ([0, 1, 2, 3, 4] as $array => $index) {
echo $array;
}
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Research direction
Start by running the Parser parseSourceFile example against source.php and inspect the resulting foreach statement AST. Trace how the parser handles the as $array => $index form, then verify that the AST represents the key and value separately and add a regression test for this input.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- php
- Domain
- compilers
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 38/100