Re: [PHP4BETA] <?=

I don't particularly like the idea of adding this as a tag. Why can't it be a function? Zeev On Fri, 11 Jun 1999, Sascha Schumann wrote: > On Fri, Jun 11, 1999 at 01:45:36PM +0300, Zeev Suraski wrote: > > > > Anybody against adding this operator to PHP's short tag mode? (equivalent > > to ASP's <%=). > > While you're adding short tags - what about adding another one > for easier session id propagation? If we don't provide this > functionality in the core, people will probably start adding user > code and do it themselves in many incompatible ways. > > I just visited a site (www.conrad.de, "Europe's largest > specialist dealers in electronic products") which still feels the > need to educate people on their use of cookies. I've been > involved with such projects myself and know the trouble to push > people to turn on cookies. Many people are simply too "plain" to > understand what a cookie is in technical terms. They are stupid > enough to rely on the media to provide them with "expert > information." (yes, partial flame. I've to deal with users from > time to time...) > > What worries me even more is that AltaVista has ~6500 entries for > +danger +cookie* > > So, back to the technical part. We could do it the PHPLIB way, > e.g. > > <??<url>??> > > and rewrite the <url> to include the session id, if necessary. Or > even more simpler > > <???> > > which would be substituted with "session_name=session_id". > > -- > > Regards, > > Sascha Schumann > Consultant > -- ----------------------------------------------------- Zeev Suraski <zeev@zend.com> For a PGP public key, finger bourbon@netvision.net.il