Re: To ?> or not to ?>

On 3 Apr 2012, at 22:29, Tedd Sperling wrote: > Let me start a religious war -- should one end their scripts with "?>" or not? > > After years of never having a problem with ending any of my scripts with "?>", I > found that several students in my class had scripts that did not produce the desired result even > after they were given the scripts via highlight_file(") to cut and paste. > > As it turned out, several students copy/pasted the script with an addition whitespace after the > ending "?>" and as such the scripts did not run as expected. You see, the scripts > created image but apparently the image delivery method objected to the additional whitespace. > > Does anyone have more examples of where scripts will fail IF they end with "?> " > (note the additional space)? Usually when setting headers after such a script has been included when output buffering is turned off. Personally I never put the closing ?> in if it's at the end of the file because it's unnecessary and can cause issues if it's present, but it's personal preference more than anything else. Ultimately you have to consider that there's a reason it's optional - things like that don't generally happen by accident. I remember Rasmus commenting on this style issue a few years back so a search of the archives should find an "official" position. -Stuart -- Stuart Dallas 3ft9 Ltd http://3ft9.com/