match (...): multiline case

[rino1]

$ php << EOF
<?php
match (null) {

    // CASE 1: Single line: OK
    1 => 123,
    
    // CASE 2: Multi line: ERROR
    2 => {
        $num =  5 + 72 + 8;   
        return abs($num);
    }

};
EOF

PHP Parse error:  syntax error, unexpected token "{" in Standard input code on line 8

OK, at present the "thing" cannot be done.
But in my opinion, it is something that could be useful.
What do you think?
Can any of you, when it has some time, could propose an RFC?

[iluuu1994]

Hi @rino1. See https://wiki.php.net/rfc/match_blocks. It's a rather complex issue and I'm still undecided on how to proceed. In any case, there's already an RFC and discussion on the list, so an additional GitHub issue doesn't serve much purpose, so I'll close it.