RE: [PHP-DEV] <?= and <%= both work, why not <?php=

Could there not be a php.ini switch put in? - like there is for asp-style tags? This could even be defaulted to 0 so that people who write sloppy code (and/org might confuse <?php with <?$php) wont be affected. After reading the thread it seems that this option would be a win / win situation for both sides, as the ones that want it - get it, and the ones that dont - leave it off. -- Dan Hardiker [dhardiker@staff.firstcreative.net] ADAM Software & Systems Engineer First Creative Ltd > Well, having read that thread (thank you), I tallied up the votes > (where I could tell what the vote was) and it was 13 for, 3 against, 2 > undecided/don't care. Of the unsure, one person voted against, then > undecided, then for, the other voted don't care, then against. Of the > against, one voted against purely on stylistic reasons. > > Why wasnt' this change implemented? It's not a feature anyone would be > forced to use, it improves syntax consistency, and the feeling from > that discussion was overwhelmingly for the change. > > - Theo > > -----Original Message----- > From: Lars Torben Wilson [mailto:torben@php.net] > Sent: Friday, April 26, 2002 6:40 PM > To: Brinkman, Theodore > Cc: 'PHP Developers Mailing List' > Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] <?= and <%= both work, why not <?php= > > > On Thu, 2002-04-25 at 15:27, Brinkman, Theodore wrote: >> Ok. I have the feeling that I'm going to be making myself a bit >> unpopular here with my first post, but I mean no offense or >> disrespect. I'm just trying to understand something. >> >> PHP allows <?= if short tags are enabled, or <%= if asp-style tags are >> enabled, but doesn't allow <?php=. Why? I went so far as to look >> into > the >> source and as near as I can tell without getting my hands on a C >> compiler, changing it so that the '{opentag}=' format was equivalent >> to '{opentag} echo' would take a 2 line patch to one file. I >> submitted this change as a feature request in the bug system (#16763), >> and got the incredibly informative and helpful response of "this was >> discussed to death on > php-dev. >> it's not going to happen." 17 minutes later. >> >> I've spent the next 2 days trying to hunt down any mention of it, and > having >> no luck because searching for <?php=, or ?php= turns up no results. >> So in an effort to understand why and how the decision was made to >> leave a > feature >> partially implemented, I'm left with no resort except to post here and >> probably bring down a can of whoop-ass on myself. My appologies to >> anyone who is sick of this being discussed. >> >> That said. Why? >> >> - Theo > > One long discussion starts here: > > http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=php-dev&m=100405792100833&w=2 > > It looks like consistency was voted down because someone might > misread <?php=$var to mean <?$php=$var. Which doesn't seem much > worse than the age-old '=' vs. '==' screwup. Anyway, there's the > thread and you should read it and decide whether this needs to > get going again. :) > > > -- > Torben Wilson <torben@php.net> > http://www.thebuttlesschaps.com > http://www.hybrid17.com > http://www.inflatableeye.com > +1.604.709.0506 > > > -- > PHP Development Mailing List <http://www.php.net/> > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php