Re: [PATCH] allow T_INLINE_HTML before T_NAMESPACE

David Coallier wrote:

2008/9/12 Greg Beaver <greg@chiaraquartet.net>:

Hi, This is a simple patch that allows files like this: main.php: <html> <head> <title>template example</title> </head> </html> <body> <?php namespace my::template; // stuff ?> </body>

Is it me or this doesn't look really clean? I have a clear idea that namespaces are there to add an extra structural layer to the code and not to be randomly used in some HTML/PHP/Javascript mixing. Since the current namespace implementation doesn't want to have multiple namespaces per file, I think we should restrict a namespace per file to... a namespace per file, and nothing else. I can't imagine taking over someone's code who had declared a namespace under is footer template. Perhaps I am missing something but that would be bloody ugly in the end :)

Since you're looking for input from everyone, I'll throw my 2 cents in. I agree that this should not be allowed. Even with just a new line or space, PHP developers should learn that that is not a good practice. My feelings for namespaces is that it's for frameworks and such. I would be USING [use ...] inside a PHP/XHTML/JS type of file, not declaring a namespace.