Re: Re: Is it true that short_open_tag is deprecated in PHP 6?

[moving to general list as per Mikko's request] short_open_tag is not deprecated. What if you want to use <? foreach ($x as $y): ?> in your template? There is no point removing <? and not <?= at the same time, since a large portion of code would be broken anyway (and NO, I am *not* suggesting removing either!). Use <% if you want a short tag. To those who keep b*tching about this topic being brought up again, please read Philip's post on the internals list -- the horse is far from dead. Glen. Arvids Godjuks wrote: > Hello everyone. > I've been writing <?php echo get('something')?> for some time now at the > last project and it really sucks. I understand reason on depricating > short_open_tag and I agree. But I have a proposal witch can ease templating. > > Remove short open tag, but leave <?=get('blah')?>. Bacicaly PHP parser > should look for <?php or <?=, single <? is not allowed. That way: > 1). short_open_tag is gone for good as an option in .ini. > 2). Making templates doesn't suck > 3). Backwards compability with old templates is preserved (old templates > with <?= work fine). > 4). <? in code is broken as you want it to be and makes coders fix it with > <?php > > Everyone is happy, XML and others are safe. > > Yes, it's really irritating to write <?php echo every time! > >