Hey Guys, Whenever I start an XHTML document, I do escape it this way:
<<?="?"?>xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> Where the <? part will be the output by PHP. <?="?"?> equals <? print "?" ?> equals <?php print "?" ?> So, please do not deprecate it - because it's important for me :$ Thanks, (c) Kenan Sulayman Freelance Designer and Programmer Life's Live Poetry 2009/4/14 Philip Olson <phi...@roshambo.org> > > Today this topic may be the cloudiest and most heated in all of PHP. Here's > the factual history of our poor little short_open_tag directive: > > ------------------------------------------------ > php.ini values : short_open_tag > ------------------------------------------------ > > PHP 4, 5_0 > * Default behaviour : on > * php.ini-dist : on > * php.ini-recommended : on > > PHP 5_1, 5_2: > * Default behaviour : on > * php.ini-dist : on > * php.ini-recommended : off > > PHP 5_3: > * Default behaviour : on > * php.ini-development : off > * php.ini-production : off > > ------------------------------------------------ > php.ini descriptions : short_open_tag > ------------------------------------------------ > > In 5_2 our reason for discouraging it is: > > ; - short_open_tag = Off [Portability] > ; Using short tags is discouraged when developing code meant for > redistribution > ; since short tags may not be supported on the target server. > ; Allow the <? tag. Otherwise, only <?php and <script> tags are recognized. > ; NOTE: Using short tags should be avoided when developing applications or > ; libraries that are meant for redistribution, or deployment on PHP > ; servers which are not under your control, because short tags may not > ; be supported on the target server. For portable, redistributable code, > ; be sure not to use short tags. > > In 5_3 it's: > > ; This directive determines whether or not PHP will recognize code between > ; <? and ?> tags as PHP source which should be processed as such. It's been > ; recommended for several years that you not use the short tag "short cut" > and > ; instead to use the full <?php and ?> tag combination. With the wide > spread use > ; of XML and use of these tags by other languages, the server can become > easily > ; confused and end up parsing the wrong code in the wrong context. But > because > ; this short cut has been a feature for such a long time, it's currently > still > ; supported for backwards compatibility, but we recommend you don't use > them. > > ------------------------------------------------ > > This history strongly suggests PHP is hoping and subtly forcing the world > to stop using this directive, and although it's not deprecated the wording > and treatment makes it feel it could be any day now. This situation must be > clarified before 5_3 is released, and will likely require our BDFL to do it. > > In related news, what came of this RFC? It still says "Under Discussion": > > - http://wiki.php.net/rfc/shortags > > Regards, > Philip > > > > > -- > PHP Internals - PHP Runtime Development Mailing List > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > >
