Re: Re: Is it true that short_open_tag is deprecated in PHP 6?

It was not my intention to initiate a massive debate regarding the use of short_open_tag. I posted for two reasons: 1. To ask if short_open_tag has been deprecated in PHP 6. 2. To suggest asp_tags as the recommended option for templating in PHP (to keep both crowds* happy). * The crowd *for* the use of short_open_tag (I don't believe that they are in favour of this tag because of the particular characters used, but rather because of its shortness), and the crowd *against* its use (believing that, since PHP's primary use is for embedding code within HTML documents, it should respect the use of other processing instructions). Glen. Jeremy wrote: > Glen wrote: >> >> It's short, and it doesn't conflict with XML. >> > > I have to say, I don't understand all the hate on short_open_tag. So > what if it "conflicts" with XML? PHP is not XML. If you use an XML > construct in your PHP, escape it. PHP can generate a lot of other > languages, too -- should every construct from these languages be > forbidden in PHP as well? > > Jeremy >