Re: Is echo tag reasonably portable?

Jim Moseby wrote:

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.

so how many people actually _need_ to write portable code? ok so many you are starting a project which will become a runaway success but until it starts receiving alot of attention use of short-open-tags is probably not your biggest issue either. lets assume that everyone should be writing completely portable apps, why does this ini setting exist? what is the point of offering a setting that can be set to a bad(tm) value by design?

JM