From: phpbugs at localpin dot com Operating system: Windows XP PHP version: Irrelevant PHP Bug Type: Documentation problem Bug description: short_open_tag change of default to "off" should be explained in "install.txt"
Description: ------------ In PHP 5.0.4 the default for short_open_tag was on, but in 5.1.2 the default is off. This is highly confusing, till they figure out what the cause is, for those people (like me) who upgrade and half their PHP files work (the one's written by some people), and half their PHP files don't work (the one's written by some other people). I have just upgraded from php 5.0.4 to 5.1.2 and have lost a large amount of time figuring out that this was why my PHP only partially worked. I would suggest that this be put very plainly in the PHP "install.txt", that this is now the new default, and that "<? " will no longer work as an opening delimiter, but it must now be "<?php" OR (not-recommended) that the new default of "off" be set back to "on". Hoping that this documentation change will spare others the same pain I experienced! Thanks! -- Edit bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=37068&edit=1 -- Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 4.4): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=37068&r=trysnapshot44 Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 5.1): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=37068&r=trysnapshot51 Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 6.0): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=37068&r=trysnapshot60 Fixed in CVS: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=37068&r=fixedcvs Fixed in release: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=37068&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=37068&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=37068&r=needscript Try newer version: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=37068&r=oldversion Not developer issue: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=37068&r=support Expected behavior: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=37068&r=notwrong Not enough info: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=37068&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=37068&r=submittedtwice register_globals: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=37068&r=globals PHP 3 support discontinued: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=37068&r=php3 Daylight Savings: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=37068&r=dst IIS Stability: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=37068&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=37068&r=gnused Floating point limitations: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=37068&r=float No Zend Extensions: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=37068&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=37068&r=mysqlcfg
