Re: RFC: source files without opening tag

> Obviously, it would need to be at the top of the PHP file (whitespace > notwithstanding). Since we don't want any BC breaks, we at very least need > it to start with "<?" so that we don't end up parsing anything that > wasn't > mean to be parsed. So how about we keep it simple and just use a single, > "<?phpp" at the beginning of the file? No ?> would be allowed after that. > Anything before that (in the file itself) would also be ignored and throw a > warning. Remember, <?xml tags. I think <? By itself was deprecated for this reason. > This sounds like the best approach, given the limitations involved with > webserver configurations. I'm still very much against though allowing ?> > within one of these files (included or otherwise), as it really defeats the > whole purpose and would just encourage poor architecture without any > countervailing benefit. Agreed. Disallowing ?> in a file in pure code means only one <?php tag at the top. A flag on require/include is acceptable to me, as long as the default mode is configurable in the php.ini file (when none are specified). Luke > > --Kris