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

I didn't say PHP tags were valid XML. I said short_open_tag conflicts with <?xml and other PIs. <% is not valid XML either, but it doesn't conflict with processing instructions. Glen. Stan Vassilev | FM wrote: > Hi, > > A vote in support of short tags, although last time I checked they > were not removed in PHP6 (and I hate to see this brought up once more). > On top of that, the supposed XML conflict argument is not fully > thought through, since full PHP tags are not XML compliant either: > > <?php echo "?>"; ?> > > In the above example, XML parsers would do this: > > Processing directive: <?php echo "?> > Text node: "; ? > Parse error: > > > As you see, it's a much simpler world when we realize PHP was never > supposed to be XML in the first place. However it was supposed to be a > preprocessing templating engine, and so we need to keep it optimized > for that. > > Regards, > Stan Vassilev >