Re: Comment modes behavior in HTML and PHP
| From: | Robert Degen | Date: | Sat, 28 Jul 2007 14:07:33 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: Comment modes behavior in HTML and PHP | ||
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On Sa, Jul 28, 2007 at 03:40:07 +0100, C.R.Vegelin wrote:
> I have a PHP script, as follows:
> <!--
> <?php
> echo "should this be echoed ?";
> ?>
> -->
>
> As expected, the browser shows nothing,
> but when I view Source in the browser, I see:
> <!-- start HTML comment
> should this be echoed ?-->
>
> Shouldn't it be just: <!-- -->, without the echo result ?
> I don't expect PHP to be active between <!-- -->.
No, you're expecting something wrong.
A <!-- ... is a HTML Comment which has nothing to do with the
PHP Script execution on server side. Server sided php
code execution is only bound to <? indicators.
>
> TIA, Cor
So far.
Rob
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