Re: comment followed by ?> fails to parse

What version of php are you using? I just pasted that code in test script and it came out fine with 4.2.1.....maybe it wasn't the case in earlier versions... ed At 02:57 PM 5/28/2002 -0600, Kevin Stone wrote:

OH NO IT WON'T.    It'll comment out the <? and parse the ?>  and give you a

parse error. <? /*<?comment here?>*/ echo "hello"; ?> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ed Gorski" <gorskie@spjc.edu> To: "Kevin Stone" <kevin@helpelf.com>; "Jonathan Rosenberg" <jr@tabbysplace.org>; "Johnson Kirk" <kjohnson@zootweb.com>; <php-general@lists.php.net> Sent: Tuesday, May 28, 2002 2:52 PM Subject: Re: [PHP] comment followed by ?> fails to parse No, if you use /* ? */ as a comment the parser will skip right over it.....if you want to use sample code in your script just use: /* <?

    code here....

?> */ that'll work fine ed At 02:48 PM 5/28/2002 -0600, Kevin Stone wrote:

I've run into this before as well. Pain in the ass when you want to put example code in your header. It's gotta be a deisgn flaw. // literal.. legal $tmp = '?>'; // reg ex.. legal ereg('?>', $tmp); // Comment.. illegal. Why? Makes no sense. /*?>*/ -Kevin ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jonathan Rosenberg" <jr@tabbysplace.org> To: "Johnson, Kirk" <kjohnson@zootweb.com>; <php-general@lists.php.net> Sent: Tuesday, May 28, 2002 2:46 PM Subject: RE: [PHP] comment followed by ?> fails to parse

BTW: if my last message was correct, this means that an occurrence of ?> embedded in a string literal will also cause problems.

-----Original Message----- From: Johnson, Kirk [mailto:kjohnson@zootweb.com] Sent: Tuesday, May 28, 2002 4:08 PM To: php-general@lists.php.net Subject: RE: [PHP] comment followed by ?> fails to parse I have wondered for some time if this is a bug or just an interesting design choice ;) I agree with you, I was surprised when I first encountered this. But it is what it is, so code accordingly. Kirk

-----Original Message----- From: Thalis A. Kalfigopoulos [mailto:thalis@cs.pitt.edu] Sent: Tuesday, May 28, 2002 1:21 PM To: php-general@lists.php.net Subject: [PHP] comment followed by ?> fails to parse If I write a comment line with // and I include in

it ?> then

it fails to parse the rest of the page because (i'm

guessing)

the parser gets confused and goes off PHP mode. Is this normal? Shouldn't I be able to write literally ANYTHING on a comment line? Sample Code: <? //bla bla ?> $var=1; ?> Output: $var=1; ?> cheers, thalis

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