On Mon, Mar 5, 2012 at 2:50 PM, Lester Caine <les...@lsces.co.uk> wrote:
> OK what changed in the automatic updates from PHP5.3.9 to 5.3.10 that > stops '<?=' working when it was working previously? > I do not recall the state of short_open_tag changing but was that > 'defaulted' to off when previously it was on? I had thought that '<?=' was > discussed and had been left alone, but now I'm told that is only on PHP5.4.0 > > Something broke sites without any warning and it would have been nice to > be told by that ISP that they were updating PHP anyway :( > > In 5.4.0 the <?= will be always available regarding from the value of short_open_tag but that has nothing to do with 5.3, or your problem. as far as I can see, we didn't changed neither the php.ini-*files, nor the hard-coded default value for short_open_tag: http://svn.php.net/viewvc/php/php-src/branches/PHP_5_3/main/main.c?view=annotate http://svn.php.net/viewvc/php/php-src/branches/PHP_5_3/configure.in?view=annotate http://svn.php.net/viewvc/php/php-src/branches/PHP_5_3/win32/build/config.w32.h.in?view=annotate http://svn.php.net/viewvc/php/php-src/branches/PHP_5_3/php.ini-production?view=annotate#l226 http://svn.php.net/viewvc/php/php-src/branches/PHP_5_3/php.ini-development?view=annotate#l226 if your ini files are the same as with the previous install, then my guess is that you (or your distributor) started compiling php with --disable-short-tags, and you didn't explicitly enable the short_open_tag from your php.ini that is, or we have a bug. :/ Tyrael -- Ferenc Kovács @Tyr43l - http://tyrael.hu
