Re: Anyone have a tool/script to convert <? to <?php (but not <?=)

On Fri, Feb 14, 2014 at 2:21 PM, Daevid Vincent <daevid@daevid.com> wrote: > Try it... > > <?php $foo='bar'; ?> > <?= $foo ?> > <?=$foo?> > <?echo 'i told you so';?> > <?phpecho 'this one fails';?> > > The ONLY one that gives a parser error is the LAST one where yes, a space > is required after a <?php > > That is NOT the case for <? or <?= > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Aziz Saleh [mailto:azizsaleh@gmail.com] > > Sent: Friday, February 14, 2014 10:54 AM > > To: Daevid Vincent > > Cc: php-general@lists.php.net > > Subject: Re: [PHP] Anyone have a tool/script to convert <? to <?php (but > not > > <?=) > > > > What I posted (and all the others) would work, replacing all instances of > > "<? " (notice the space) with "<?php " should work, it will > > leave all > > existing <?= and <?php alone (since having a space after ? and before > > =/php would produce a parser error. > > > > Not sure why you are saying that spaces are irrelevant thou. > > > > > > On Fri, Feb 14, 2014 at 1:34 PM, Daevid Vincent <daevid@daevid.com> > wrote: > > > > > *sigh* > > > > > > <?=$foo?> is perfectly valid so is <?=$foo;?> or any combination WITH > > > SPACES OR NOT. > > > If this were trivial, I wouldn't have asked the list. I've been coding > PHP > > > since 1996. ;-) > > > > > > So if you have <? you have to make sure it doesn't have a '=' after > > > the > > > '?' to convert to '<?php' > > > > > > Spaces are irrelevant and can NOT be relied upon as a unique feature. > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > From: Daevid Vincent [mailto:daevid@daevid.com] > > > > Sent: Wednesday, February 12, 2014 2:57 PM > > > > To: php-general@lists.php.net > > > > Subject: RE: [PHP] Anyone have a tool/script to convert <? to <?php > (but > > > not > > > > <?=) > > > > > > > > Thanks guys for the replies so far, however, if it were a simple > search > > > and > > > > replace I wouldn't have to ask ;-) > > > > > > > > The trick is that "<?=" is valid and legal and I want to keep > > > > those. > I > > > only > > > > want to change if they are specifically "<?" > > > > > > > > Maybe there is some regex guru out there that knows the magic > > > incantation. > > > > > > > > Related, for extra credit it drives me bonkers to see this: > > > > > > > > Hello <?= $username; ?> > > > > > > > > Note the end semicolon on the variable. I'd want to strip all those > off > > > too, > > > > but that is also not a trivial task if you think about it as it can > only > > > be > > > > removed if proceeded with <?= > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > > > > To unsubscribe, visit: > > > > http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > > > > > > > > -- > > > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > > > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > > > > > > > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > I agree with the list you posted. However, if you try: <? =$test;?> or <? php echo $test;?> Both will parse out. Which brings me back to the original regex: '<? ' -> will match: '<? ...' and not any of the cases you posted, including: '<?php' or '<?=' Then again, I didn't have my morning tea and could just be thinking of something different!