Re: Re: equivalent of asp's <%= strTest %>

Have a look here : http://www.php.net/manual/en/pear.standards.php Regarding <?= : the PEAR example was just part of it as it relates to short_tags, not <?= specifically. http://www.php.net/manual/en/configuration.php#ini.short-open-tag Regards, Philip On Sat, 7 Apr 2001, Michael Kimsal wrote: > Yes yes I'm a zealot. :) > > If the people defining the PEAR standards really were that interested in > standards, > why include alternate ways of doing something? <?=$blah;?> > And if the 'short tag' method is useful enough for people, why 'exclude' it > from a standard? This notion of 'PEAR standards' does irk me some, because > it's been so long in coming, and people are deferring to it before it's a reality. > > At least, that's the impression that I get. > > > > Philip Olson wrote: > > > > > 1. Is PHP4+ specific > > 2. Won't work if short_open_tag setting is off (in php.ini) > > - One reason to turn this off, to enable XML support > > 3. Doesn't follow up-and-coming PEAR coding standards > > > > And as you've seen, many don't even know what <?= is. You'll find > > zealots > > on both sides of this use, the choice is yours. ;-) > > > -- > 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 >