Re: short_open_tags

I also think <? is good. Consider: <? if (user.loggedin) ?> <a href=/logout>Logout</a> <? elseif ?> <? href=/login>Log in</a> | <a href=/register>Register</a> <? endif ?> With <?php, it's less readable (it's not so bad, but I certainly prefer the former.) <?php if (user.loggedin) ?> <a href=/logout>Logout</a> <?php elseif ?> <a href=/login>Log in</a> | <a href=/register>Register</a> <?php endif ?> On Jul 21, 2012 8:03 AM, "Lester Caine" <lester@lsces.co.uk> wrote: > Rick Bird wrote: > >> My name is Rick.. I done some light work on documentation side of >> things, >> but I had a question because I've been working a lot with the Symfony >> framework lately. Some in the Symfony irc room seem to be under the >> impression that short_open_tags is to be deprecated in php6. Is there any >> weight to this? I personally have found short tags a great tool, and >> simplifies a lot of things. In cases where there is the alternative >> syntax >> being used (great when working with php templates), <? If( $you == $them): >> ?>. I understand the biggest reason to discourage short tags is for xml. >> > > Now that <?= has been properly separated from <? some of the 'pressure' > has been removed. Any attempt to remove <?= WOULD be strongly opposed, but > I am in total agreement with you on <? for exactly the same reason. Simple > templating systems don't need anything more and adding <?php everywhere > does make these a lot more difficult to read. To my mind this is what PHP > is all about, and killing things just because they don't conform with the > 'perfect programming language' is irritating. Perhaps another example where > two versions of PHP might actually be a sensible split? > > -- > Lester Caine - G8HFL > ----------------------------- > Contact - > http://lsces.co.uk/wiki/?page=**contact<http://lsces.co.uk/wiki/?page=contact> > L.S.Caine Electronic Services - http://lsces.co.uk > EnquirySolve - http://enquirysolve.com/ > Model Engineers Digital Workshop - http://medw.co.uk > Rainbow Digital Media - > http://rainbowdigitalmedia.co.**uk<http://rainbowdigitalmedia.co.uk> > > > > -- > PHP Internals - PHP Runtime Development Mailing List > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > >