Doc #66438 [NEW]: shortcut for short tags and shortcut for asp style tags does not work

From: oxconcise at hotmail dot com Operating system: Windows 7 PHP version: 5.4.23 Package: *General Issues Bug Type: Documentation Problem Bug description:shortcut for short tags and shortcut for asp style tags does not work Description: ------------ --- From manual page: http://www.php.net/language.basic-syntax.phpmode --- the use of <%= expression %> or <?= expression ?> doesn't work even when short or asp style tags have been enabled in the .ini file. Outputs:Parse error: syntax error, unexpected... Test script: --------------- <?= echo "tom" ?> Expected result: ---------------- tom Actual result: -------------- Parse error: syntax error, unexpected 'echo' (T_ECHO) in C:\Users\Robert\Documents\web development\xampp\htdocs\xampp\web_development\new_study\one.php on line 1 -- Edit bug report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=66438&edit=1 -- Try a snapshot (PHP 5.4): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=66438&r=trysnapshot54 Try a snapshot (PHP 5.5): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=66438&r=trysnapshot55 Try a snapshot (trunk): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=66438&r=trysnapshottrunk Fixed in SVN: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=66438&r=fixed Fixed in release: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=66438&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=66438&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=66438&r=needscript Try newer version: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=66438&r=oldversion Not developer issue: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=66438&r=support Expected behavior: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=66438&r=notwrong Not enough info: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=66438&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=66438&r=submittedtwice register_globals: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=66438&r=globals PHP 4 support discontinued: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=66438&r=php4 Daylight Savings: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=66438&r=dst IIS Stability: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=66438&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=66438&r=gnused Floating point limitations: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=66438&r=float No Zend Extensions: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=66438&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=66438&r=mysqlcfg