Re: <? PHP vs. <?

Has using <?[space] instead of just <? as the short tag been discussed? --Toby ----- Original Message ----- From: <eschmid+sic@s.netic.de> To: "Alexander Wagner" <wagner@globalpark.de>; <php-general@lists.php.net> Sent: Thursday, January 18, 2001 4:21 PM Subject: Re: [PHP] <? 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 > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, e-mail: php-general-unsubscribe@lists.php.net > For additional commands, e-mail: php-general-help@lists.php.net > To contact the list administrators, e-mail: php-list-admin@lists.php.net > >