Unexpected token when using more varaibles in <?= ?> php echo statement

[pistej]

• PHPMD version: 2.12.0
• PHP Version: 8.0, 8.1
• Installation type: composer, in docker image
• Operating System / Distribution & Version: Alpine, ubuntu 20.04

Current Behavior

Unexpected token: ,, line: 6, col: 10, file:: /test.php

Expected Behavior

Analysis should work

Steps To Reproduce:

• Install PHPMD composer require --dev phpmd/phpmd
• create test.php file with code example below
• run php vendor/bin/phpmd test.php ansi naming

Example code

<?php
$var1 = 'foo';
$var2 = 'bar';
?>

<?= $var1,$var2 ?>

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[kylekatarnls]

Bug confirmed, meanwhile you can use:

<?php echo $var1,$var2; ?>

Or:

<?= $var1.$var2 ?>

[kylekatarnls]

I'm working on a fix, you can try composer require pdepend/pdepend:dev-fix/short-tags-multiple-variables (if you use PHPMD from composer) to preview it and support comas in <?= ?> tags.