Re: PHP4 and sessions

On Fri, Jul 16, 1999 at 01:49:09PM -0400, Michael Stearne wrote: > > > Sascha Schumann wrote: > > > > No, <% foo %> is a short way to say <? echo foo ?>. I don't think > > ASP tags are expensive in terms of run time penalty. Maybe we > > should turn them on by default? > > > > Wouldn't it be smarter to not promote the use of these tags? Weren't > they a request from someone used to programming in ASP? I realize this > makes PHP more flexible but these additions get away from making PHP > "better", it's just the same way to do something, it's not a new > "feature". People may start using the ASP style, then say "Can you add > this ASP-style syntax also? And This?" This won't happen. We had this thread already. The <%= %> tags have been available for a long time and no one has seriously tried to push new short tags into PHP. -- Regards, Sascha Schumann Consultant