note 116883 added to language.basic-syntax.phptags

I would like to stress out that the opening tag is "<?php[whitespace]", not just "<?php". While this might seem blatantly obvious, I thought for some time that <?php/*blah*/ echo "a"?> would work, and it does not; the comment does not work as whitespace. I've run into this while converting some older code with short open tag. ---- Server IP: 72.52.91.14 Probable Submitter: 90.181.216.33 ---- Manual Page -- http://php.net/manual/en/language.basic-syntax.phptags.php Edit -- https://master.php.net/note/edit/116883 Del: integrated -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/116883/integrated Del: useless -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/116883/useless Del: bad code -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/116883/bad+code Del: spam -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/116883/spam Del: non-english -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/116883/non-english Del: in docs -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/116883/in+docs Del: other reasons-- https://master.php.net/note/delete/116883 Reject -- https://master.php.net/note/reject/116883 Search -- https://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php