Re: RFC: Short echo tag can also call closures

I think it's a non-starter because it would change how the existing code is interpreted. E.g. currently ``` <?php $title = 'rand'; ?> <h1><?= $title ?></h1> ``` outputs rand, but with your proposal it would invoke rand() and output its result. On Mon, Sep 18, 2023 at 8:19 PM Shailesh Humbad <shailesh@atensoftware.com> wrote: > > Hello, > > I'm gauging interest on a proposed change to the short echo tag "<?=". > > CURRENTLY: > The short echo tag "<?= $x ?>" is equivalent to "<?php echo $x > ?>", > which allows for beautiful MVC views like this: > > <html> > <head><title><?= $model->title ?></title></head> > <body><?= $model->body ?></body> > </html> > > INSTEAD: > Change the short echo tag "<?= $x ?>" to be equivalent to "<?php > is_callable($x) ? $x() : echo $x; ?>", which allows view model > properties to be defined as closures. This syntactic sugar would > encourage higher-performance coding practices, since it allows for > content to be streamed rather than buffered into memory before being > output. (Note that there is no need to pass any parameters to the > closure, or even have that as an option.) Here is a sample: > > $model = new StdClass(); > $FileName = 'LargeFile.html'; > $model->bodyStream = function () use $FileName { readfile($FileName); }; > > <html> > <head><title><?= $model->title ?></title></head> > <body><?= $model->bodyStream ?></body> > </html> > > Thank you for considering! > > Regards, > Shailesh > > -- > PHP Internals - PHP Runtime Development Mailing List > To unsubscribe, visit: https://www.php.net/unsub.php > -- Best regards, Bruce Weirdan mailto:weirdan@gmail.com