Re: <? PHP vs. <?

On Thu, Jan 18, 2001 at 10:02:42PM +0100, Alexander Wagner wrote: > eschmid+sic@s.netic.de wrote: > > <? short open tag for PHP > > <?php open tag for PHP > > <?xml open tag for XML > > > > And for all three cases the closing tag is ?>. > > Wasn't there a thread on PHP-DEV about the PHP-parser mistaking <?xml for a > short-Tag (for <?xml would be valid PHP like <?echo $var?>). > > Got my point? No, there was a discussion if we should disable the short open tag (<?) in php.ini by default. But that would break the most PHP scripts. But anyway you should use the always allowed long open tag for portable code and the benefit of it would be, you can mix PHP with XML. Another point is, if you move your scripts to a ISP who have disabled short open tags, your scripts wouldn't work anymore. The normal open tag was discussed in 1997 and was choosen with XML in mind. -Egon -- http://www.linuxtag.de/ http://php.net/books.php http://www.concert-band.de/ mailto:linuxtag-subscribe@php-homepage.de