* Marek Kilimajer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> Ryan A wrote:
> > Hey all,
> > Am a bit confused, from the time I learnt PHP (big thanks to this list for
> > helping me) I have used something like this
> > <?php echo $something; ?>
> > but when reading someone elses code I sometimes stumble accross this:
> > <?php=something?>
> > is this 100% valid php?
> > I have not found it in the manual... (also am not sure if the above example
> > needs a $ symbol...)
>
> <?= $string ?>
>
> means the same as
>
> <?php echo $string ?>
>
> if short_open_tag is on

And since you cannot always count on that being on, it's more platform
independent to use the <?php echo ....; ?> construct.

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