Gedit matching brackets highlighting incorrect in some PHP scripts

[hexafraction]

In certain PHP scripts, the opening < of <?php is matched with the first > in the code instead of the ending >, possibly because of assignment operators being treated like closing brackets. See the code below:

1 <?php
2 class ErrorInfo {
3 //Some code without less-than or greater-than signs
4 $errArray=array(
5 mbStringNotFound => 'The mbstring extension was not found',
6 //More code here...
7 ?>

Note that the greater-than sign in the assignment( => ) on line 5 is matched to the opening on like 1, instead of to the closing ?> on line 7.

I am on Ubuntu 11.10, x64, with Gedit 3.2.0-0ubuntu1

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
Package: gedit 3.2.0-0ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-12.20-generic 3.0.4
Uname: Linux 3.0.0-12-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu3
Architecture: amd64
Date: Tue Aug 21 11:06:22 2012
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Release amd64 (20111012)
SourcePackage: gedit
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

[hexafraction (rarkenin)]

Filed upstream bug...

[dino99 (9d9)]

This version is no more supported and is not a 'security' problem; so does not expect a backport