Has using <?[space] instead of just <? as the short tag been discussed?
--Toby
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Sent: Thursday, January 18, 2001 4:21 PM
Subject: Re: [PHP] <? PHP vs. <?
> On Thu, Jan 18, 2001 at 10:02:42PM +0100, Alexander Wagner wrote:
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> > > <? short open tag for PHP
> > > <?php open tag for PHP
> > > <?xml open tag for XML
> > >
> > > And for all three cases the closing tag is ?>.
> >
> > Wasn't there a thread on PHP-DEV about the PHP-parser mistaking <?xml
for a
> > short-Tag (for <?xml would be valid PHP like <?echo $var?>).
> >
> > Got my point?
>
> No, there was a discussion if we should disable the short open tag (<?)
in
> php.ini by default. But that would break the most PHP scripts. But anyway
> you should use the always allowed long open tag for portable code and the
> benefit of it would be, you can mix PHP with XML. Another point is, if
you
> move your scripts to a ISP who have disabled short open tags, your
scripts
> wouldn't work anymore. The normal open tag was discussed in 1997 and was
> choosen with XML in mind.
>
> -Egon
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