note 28665 added to language.basic-syntax.comments

The whole // behavior is *really* annoying: <?php //echo '<?xml ... ?>'; // Huh? ?> This will actually output: '; // Huh? ?> Because the close tag is found within the // comment. This is totally counterintuitive, so watch out for it. (IMO, this is either bad design or probably a hard-to-fix parser bug that turned into a "feature".) It seems there is only one convenience this presents (i.e., for one-liner php excerpts in HTML) at the bane of good commenting behavior (i.e., that // should be used for most comments, and /* */ should be researved for headers or commenting out large blocks of code when testing). My advice: BEWARE BEWARE BEWARE! -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/language.basic-syntax.comments.php http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=edit+28665 http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+28665 http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=reject+28665