RE: [PHP] Is echo tag reasonably portable?

> > Robin Vickery wrote: > > On 11/15/05, Roman Ivanov <gamblergluck@yahoo.com> wrote: > > > >>Can '<?=' be used for templates, or is it "a bad thing"? > > > > > > The manual's reasonably explicit on the subject: > > > > "Note: Using short tags should be avoided when developing > > applications or libraries that are meant for redistribution, or > > deployment on PHP servers which are not under your control, because > > short tags may not be supported on the target server. For portable, > > redistributable code, be sure not to use short tags." > > I've seen this note. But I haven't seen a single server where > short tags > were disabled. Nor have I. However, if I use long tags, my script will *always* work. If I use short tags there is a *possibility* that it won't. So, when writing code that is required to be portable, there is no reason to ever use short tags. JM