Re: <? PHP vs. <?

It's my understanding that whitespace is ignored. I could be wrong here, though. --Shawn Toby Butzon wrote: > > 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 > > > > > > -- > 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 -- Shawn Blaylock, ClipperNet Software Engineer shawnb@clipper.net http://www.clipper.net/ Eugene OR 541-431-3360 x406 Toll Free 866-673-6260 x406