Re: POLL: To add the final ?> or not...

Ever write a string replace function on a closing ?> //somecomment here like end junk I have written some systems and gone back two to three years later and found myself having to do such. Sloppy, sure. Minimize cost to the client? Oh yeah. I keep em, and comment 'em as I feel I should. On Mon, Jan 11, 2010 at 2:24 AM, Olav <olavell@xs4all.nl> wrote: > Paul M Foster wrote: > > > I leave it off. I don't want to have to worry about which editor I'm > > using or whether I accidentally left some whitespace where it shouldn't > > be. > > I also use different editors in different situations, both terminal based > and GUI. For instance I find Midnight Commander's internal editor quite > comfortable to use but unfortunately it does leave whitespace all over > the place. > > This discussion made me think. From now on, I will probably also leave > the closing ?> off in include files. If something isn't really needed > then there is no rational reason to insist on using it. > > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > >