Doc #78144 [Fbk->Opn]: Is <?= shorthand tag removed in 7.0.0 or not?

Edit report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=78144&edit=1 ID: 78144 User updated by: johannes dot kingma at gmail dot com Reported by: johannes dot kingma at gmail dot com Summary: Is <?= shorthand tag removed in 7.0.0 or not? -Status: Feedback +Status: Open Type: Documentation Problem Package: PHP Language Specification PHP Version: 7.0.0 Block user comment: N Private report: N New Comment: https://www.php.net/manual/en/language.basic-syntax.phptags.php https://imgur.com/a/C7dkpm9 Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2019-06-11 14:51:18] peehaa@php.net > <?= is NOT removed from PHP in version 7.+ You are correct that they are not removed. You are incorrect in your assumption that it is stated otherwise (on any of your shared links). ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2019-06-11 14:45:47] johannes dot kingma at gmail dot com ON https://www.php.net/manual/en/language.basic-syntax.phptags.php under Chantelog I read: 7.0.0 The ASP tags <%, %>, <%=, and the script tag <script language="php"> are removed from PHP. The ASP tags ARE, the short code <?= is NOT removed from PHP in version 7.+ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2019-06-11 14:23:03] girgias@php.net The changelog entry is on the ASP tags [1] which have been removed. The short echo tag <?= is always available as of PHP 5.4 as can be seen on the note above [1] It seems you are not making a distinction between both INI directives [1] https://www.php.net/manual/en/ini.core.php#ini.asp-tags ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2019-06-11 13:44:25] peehaa@php.net What is the confusion? It is saying the same thing everywhere. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2019-06-11 13:37:57] johannes dot kingma at gmail dot com A link? How do you mean? In the php.ini-production von php7.3 I see: ; This directive determines whether or not PHP will recognize code between ; <? and ?> tags as PHP source which should be processed as such. It is ; generally recommended that <?php and ?> should be used and that this feature ; should be disabled, as enabling it may result in issues when generating XML ; documents, however this remains supported for backward compatibility reasons. ; Note that this directive does not control the <?= shorthand tag, which can be ; used regardless of this directive. ; Default Value: On ; Development Value: Off ; Production Value: Off ; http://php.net/short-open-tag short_open_tag = Off ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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=78144 -- Edit this bug report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=78144&edit=1