Re: cvs: php-src(PHP_5_3) / NEWS

On Thu, Mar 20, 2008 at 10:19 PM, Stanislav Malyshev <stas@zend.com> wrote: > Hi! > > > > If I load a file and short tags are disabled and all of a sudden they > > are allowed in the files I include. I see problems and confusions with > > such behaviors. > > What do you mean "all of a sudden"? There's only one way for that to > happen - for you to explicitly make that happen. That's as sudden as > saying "I run $foo = file_get_contents("/etc/passwd") and all of a > sudden I get my password file in $foo! Confusing!". What does that have to do with include a php source file, nothing. > > Anyway, short tags are evil, what do we need to say to close this > > pointless debate? > > No, they are not evil. As for the debate, I don't see any point in > debating it. This doesn't add any new features, only makes using old > features easier. A feature that we recommend to not use. Please read the mailing list archive to figure out the (valid) reasons. -- Pierre http://blog.thepimp.net | http://www.libgd.org