Doc #61723 [ReO->Csd]: <?php issues a parse error

Edit report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=61723&edit=1 ID: 61723 Updated by: salathe@php.net Reported by: lgandras at gmail dot com Summary: <?php issues a parse error -Status: Re-Opened +Status: Closed Type: Documentation Problem Package: Documentation problem Operating System: Centos 6.2 PHP Version: 5.3.10 -Assigned To: aharvey +Assigned To: salathe Block user comment: N Private report: N New Comment: Closing this off. I can live with the current doc. Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2012-04-14 11:14:57] salathe@php.net I don't think the doc changes reflect reality. The behaviour is different with/without short_open_tag enabled. I tried the following with 5.1.0, 5.2.0, 5.3.0 and 5.4.0. With short_open_tag On: A file containing only "<?php" issues a Parse Error (unexpected $end/end of file) in all four versions. A file containing only "<?php " executes without error in all four versions. With short_open_tag Off: A file containing only "<?php" prints that out, there is no Parse Error. A file containing only "<?php " executes, as with short_open_tag on, without error in all four versions. The suggestion here would be to get rid of that paragraph in the docs and mention that some form of whitespace is always needed after the long opening tag to move into "PHP mode". ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2012-04-14 07:04:31] aharvey@php.net This bug has been fixed in the documentation's XML sources. Since the online and downloadable versions of the documentation need some time to get updated, we would like to ask you to be a bit patient. Thank you for the report, and for helping us make our documentation better. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2012-04-14 07:04:05] aharvey@php.net Automatic comment from SVN on behalf of aharvey Revision: http://svn.php.net/viewvc/?view=revision&amp;revision=325166 Log: Fix doc bug #61723 (&lt;?php issues a parse error). ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2012-04-14 04:59:11] aharvey@php.net Reopening as a doc bug and assigning to myself -- we could be a little clearer about this on the escaping from HTML manual page. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2012-04-14 04:45:42] rasmus@php.net <?php is an XML PI tag. The full grammar for the tag as defined by the spec is: PI ::= '<?' PITarget (S (Char* - (Char* '?>' Char*)))? '?>' The PITarget in this case is 'php'. The 'S' in the grammar there means whitespace. The first whitespace character signifies the end of the PITarget. If you have no whitespace you do not have a valid PI tag. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ The remainder of the comments for this report are too long. To view the rest of the comments, please view the bug report online at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=61723 -- Edit this bug report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=61723&edit=1