Rasmus Lerdorf wrote: > By suddenly changing a basic characteristic of PHP that has been around > since the beginning of time in order to solve a problem almost nobody > has, we violate both principles, and on top of that we add a security > risk in that now people are likely to expose code that they didn't mean > to expose and before they figure it out they may have leaked database > passwords and other sensitive data.
I agree. There will be many careless admin/users. > > What is needed here is decent documentation, not ramming a configuration > change down peoples' throats with absolutely no regard to the > consequences and ramifications of such a change. I agree this, too. I'm not for immediate change. I would like to make clear the result of discussion. short_tag option should be kept. Most of us agree, it seems. Should we keep double standard _forever_ and have <?php echo '<?xml version="1.0" ?>' ?> as standard syntax for XML files preprocessed by PHP? I can't think of better way. If there are, Please let me know. I'll document it. -- Yasuo Ohgaki > On Sun, 28 Apr 2002, Yasuo Ohgaki wrote: > > >>I really don't understand why we should keep short_tag=on. This >>implies we have following _standard_ and _portable_ syntax for >>all XML documents preprocessed by PHP. >> >><?php echo '<?xml version="1.0" ?>' ?> >> >>Who vote for this _standard_ and _portable_ syntax? >> >>Don't forget to write why this syntax is good, >>look great, etc. >> >>-- >>Yasuo Ohgaki >> >> >> >> >> >>-- >>PHP Development Mailing List <http://www.php.net/> >>To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php >> > > -- PHP Development Mailing List <http://www.php.net/> To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
