Re: PHP Alternative syntax
| From: | Sterling Hughes | Date: | Thu, 11 Oct 2001 14:06:03 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: PHP Alternative syntax | ||
| References: | 1 | Groups: | php.dev |
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On Thu, 11 Oct 2001, James Moore wrote:
>
>
> >
> > On Thu, 11 Oct 2001, thierry wrote:
> >
> > > About alternative syntax in php, I've just read about Alternative syntax
> is
> > > deprecated as of PHP 4, and could be deleted in future.
> > >
> > > Why ?
> > >
> > > I did and I do an extensive use of this great features to build complex
> > > website with website builder like dreamweaver.
> > > So I can control each block of html text enclose to php control block.
> > >
> > > Please, Please, Please, do not disable this major feature. It'so
> > > confortable.
> > >
> >
> > Don't worry, it was just a documentation mistake. The alternative syntax
> > is not going to be deprecated.
>
> This syntax IS deprecated but its unlikley it will be removed any time soon
> as there are still people using it, we advise people to use the other more
> common C like syntax but for the forseable future we will continue to
> support all documented syntax's.
>
actually, its not even deprecated at this point, its just not reccomended. Maybe
in the future it will become deprecated, but for now its just plain
ugly :)
-Sterling