Re: [PHP4BETA] Question about "#" comments

Paul DuBois wrote: > > 4.0b5-dev > > I have the following script: > > <?php > print "This should appear.\n"; > # ?> > This should not appear? > # <?php > print "This should appear.\n"; > exit (); > ?> > > Note the "#" comment on the third line. Should that line be treated > as a comment? I would have thought so, but this is the output from > the script: Nope, the php statements on that line will be ignored, but the ending tag is different beast. > This should appear. > This should not appear? > # This should appear. > > It seems that the "?>" on the third line took precedence over the > comment character. Is this the expected behavior? AFAIK yes. Just think that the tags are like saying to the parser "<?php = now read, ?> = now skip" -- CIMPOESU Teodor, Web Programmer @ DIGICOM S.A. Bucharest, Romania @ Internet, site development @ see http://internet.digiro.net/