Re: PHP as a template language

On Apr 5, 2012, at 8:22 PM, Rasmus Lerdorf wrote: > On 04/05/2012 07:55 PM, Sébatien Durand wrote: >> IMHO, PHP is a great template language. This is what makes it so simple >> and powerful, compared to other web languages. >> >> So far, we have "<?php", "<?=" and various legacy syntaxes like >> "<?". >> >> A suggestion : deprecate these old tags and replace them with a more >> elegant and a shorter implementation. >> >> For example : "<%" and "<%=" or "{%" and "{{" >> ? >> >> What do you think, guys ? > > It is well past April 1. Here's Rasmus proposing <?php back in 1997, for PHP 3: http://marc.info/?l=php-internals&m=90279104403805&w=2 Discussion ensues, and we end up with multiple tags. Too bad. ;) Oh, and here's a list of possible possible options from back then, taken from that thread: 1. <? code ?> 2. <?{whitespace} code ?> 3. <?php code ?> 4. <% code %> 5. (1) and (3) combined using some fancy hard-to-code scanner with dedicated XML support. 6. <?_ code _?> 7. <_ code _> 8. <: code :> 9. << code >> 10. <?: code :?> 11. <?? code ??> 12. <[ code ]> 13. <{ code }> Anyway, just a brief out-of-context look at the past. Woot! Regards, Philip