[PHP-DEV] short tags thoughts
Hey, I'm really not enjoying the fact that short_tags is defaulted to on right now as I'm trying to make all my page work XHTML compliant. This means that I have to put ?xml version=1.0 encoding=iso-8859-1 ? in my pages. This is also a pain when I'm working on pages for WAP devices. I don't know if anybody else is experiencing this problem, but I was wondering if there are any thoughts about making short_tags off by default. Additionally, ?php= should work like ?= (IMHO), seems like it makes sense, and ?= doesn't have anything to do with short_tags being on or off. It seems like ?php= would make some code more standardizable. Questions/comments/Devon-is-way-off-targets? Thanks, Devon -- PHP Development Mailing List http://www.php.net/ To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP-DEV] short tags thoughts
On Mon, 9 Sep 2002, Devon O'Dell wrote: Hey, I'm really not enjoying the fact that short_tags is defaulted to on right now as I'm trying to make all my page work XHTML compliant. This means that I have to put ?xml version=1.0 encoding=iso-8859-1 ? in my pages. This is also a pain when I'm working on pages for WAP devices. I don't know if anybody else is experiencing this problem, but I was wondering if there are any thoughts about making short_tags off by default. Additionally, ?php= should work like ?= (IMHO), seems like it makes sense, and ?= doesn't have anything to do with short_tags being on or off. It seems like ?php= would make some code more standardizable. Questions/comments/Devon-is-way-off-targets? Devon-is-way-of-targets. Please see the archives for discussions about it. Consensus was reached not to change anything. (And ?php= is not valid XML anyway). Derick --- Did I help you? http://www.derickrethans.nl/link.php?url=giftlist Frequent ranting: http://www.derickrethans.nl/ --- PHP: Scripting the Web - [EMAIL PROTECTED] All your branches are belong to me! SRM: Script Running Machine - www.vl-srm.net --- -- PHP Development Mailing List http://www.php.net/ To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP-DEV] short tags thoughts
I'm really not enjoying the fact that short_tags is defaulted to on right now as I'm trying to make all my page work XHTML compliant. This means that I have to put ?xml version=1.0 encoding=iso-8859-1 ? in my pages. This is also a pain when I'm working on pages for WAP devices. I don't know if anybody else is experiencing this problem, but I was wondering if there are any thoughts about making short_tags off by default. Turning short tags off would break alot of sites, especially when a fast echo is used by nature. I would like to see the defaults in PHP remain the way they are for the most part, perhaps change in 5. It's easy to over-ride in php.ini (or perhaps one of the various default ini files [other than php.ini-dist]), .htaccess. Any site relying on the setting of register_globals, short_tags, or any other coding-style setting would be bad (IMHO), without the use of .htaccess files, as you loose your cross-installation platform base. A repeat of the mass hysteria caused by [people not reading about] the register_globals change isnt wanted by anyone, least of all by the people who talk on php-general@ and various other PHP help mediums. I'm -1 on this change. Additionally, ?php= should work like ?= (IMHO), seems like it makes sense, and ?= doesn't have anything to do with short_tags being on or off. It seems like ?php= would make some code more standardizable. There is more information on this discussion in the archives, but the general con-census was that ?= wasn't a feature intended for such high use, and that its use is somewhat frowned upon... although not as much as a goto! However, the gap it fills is noticed and (personally) I wouldnt want it to be withdrawn. With that in mind, any suggestion to enable ?php=, was argued that it would break the standards of ?[language]. [if my memory doesnt serve me as well as I hope it does, please feel free to correct] Devon -- Dan Hardiker [[EMAIL PROTECTED]] ADAM Software Systems Engineer First Creative Ltd -- PHP Development Mailing List http://www.php.net/ To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
