Re: Remove alternative PHP tags

On 9 Sep 2014, at 23:08, Nikita Popov <nikita.ppv@gmail.com> wrote: > I've created a small RFC proposing the removal of the alternative PHP > opening/closing tags: > > https://wiki.php.net/rfc/remove_alternative_php_tags > > It removes <% and <script language=php> and the other variations of asp and > script tags. Isn’t this a bit of a needless BC break? Not very nice on people with such codebases. It’s also worth pointing out that people might be using these to get around the XML <? issue (granted, you can disable short tags). I’d vote for this if you wrote a convertor script to help people migrate. Otherwise I think we’re just being unfair on people who used these tags. Actually, I’d like to see a Python 2to3-esque tool in general for PHP 7. The easier we make the migration, the more likely people will do it. -- Andrea Faulds http://ajf.me/