Re: What is <?=

<? is how XML specifies a processing instruction for the XML parser, for example: <?xml version="1.0"?> Tells the parser that the XML it is parsing is version 1. Jochem Maas wrote: > Wolf wrote: >> I have some scripts that I downloaded and am trying to make compliant >> with my server. They have <?= placed throughout and I am not sure what >> they are and how to fix them at this point. >> >> Stupid question, I know, but... > > not stupid, although a 'google' might have helped, regardless you have > already had the answer. > > I find it funny that you say 'fix them' - one of the things [some of] > the core > developers are looking to get rid of is this shorthand syntax > (according to posts on internals@lists.php.net) ... something > to do with XML compatibility ... for now its valid php syntax though :-). > >> >> Thanks, >> Robert >> >