Edit report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=77378&edit=1
ID: 77378
Updated by: cmb@php.net
Reported by: olafvdspek at gmail dot com
Summary: Default to short_open_tags = false
Status: Open
Type: Feature/Change Request
Package: *General Issues
PHP Version: All
Block user comment: N
Private report: N
New Comment:
> what's the benefit of short_open_tags = false?
You can have XML files with PHP, for instance.
Previous Comments:
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[2020-11-23 09:37:35] olafvdspek at gmail dot com
Thinking about this.. what's the benefit of short_open_tags = false?
Maybe the default should be short_open_tags = true instead?
If short open tags are bad, what about a run-time warning for them?
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[2019-01-02 09:27:51] nikic@php.net
@olafvdspek It only changes the default. The ini setting still wins in the end.
I've sent a mail to internals regarding this issue: https://marc.info/?l=php-internals&m=154642087106001
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[2019-01-02 09:22:02] olafvdspek at gmail dot com
Does --disable-short-tags 'only' change the default or does it disable short tags
unconditionally, even if short_open_tags = true in the .ini?
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[2019-01-02 09:16:38] nikic@php.net
The summarize the current situation, because it's rather odd:
* In both php.ini-production and php.ini-development short_open_tag is off.
* The default value (without ini) is short_open_tag=on *unless* --disable-short-tags has been
specified during ./configure. On Windows there doesn't seem to be an equivalent for
--disable-short-tags, so on Windows the default is always on.
I agree that the current situation is quite odd. It would probably make sense to make
short_open_tag=off the default and convert --disable-short-tags into --enable-short-tags for people
who would like to influence the default.
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[2018-12-31 10:31:13] olafvdspek at gmail dot com
In a world where the effective value is set in php.ini rather then the php binary for a majority of
users.
If you're really afraid of changing the default there's a third option: remove the default
and require the value to be explicitly set.
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