Hi Marcus:
On Sun, Nov 27, 2005 at 11:58:16AM +0100, Marcus Boerger wrote:
>
> To second this, the xml standard allows any name after '<?' as processing
> instruction. Widely in use is for example '<?jsp' and do you want to start
> special treatment for java stuff in PHP? ;-)
First, PHP scripts are not XML files, so why are we concerned with what
the XML standard says?
Second, PHP is frequently used to output XML files, necessitating such PHP
scripts contain the string "<?xml" in them. But in order to ensure
scripts work when short tags is on, one must write something contorted
like:
echo '<' . '?xml ...';
Third, if someone wrote a script using "<?xml" with short tags off instead
of the above, PHP needlessly fails if short tags is on, eliminating
portability.
--Dan
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