<?= and <%= are not valid XML code (and therefore illegal in XHTML
too). For most people (myself included), it's a good enough reason to
ban them from our code.

On Dec 19, 2007 9:17 PM, Stereo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Just to try and balance out the argument a little bit, I saw this blog
> post a while back that contains an an opposing view (regarding using <
> %= for php rather than <?= or <?php)
>
> http://robrosenbaum.com/php/use-ruby-style-tags-in-php/
>
> From the post:
> "It's important for a second reason - arbitrary conventions should be
> standardized. That is, any time we are faced with a set of
> possibilities that are all of equal value - such as what weird
> punctuation our programming language should use to demarcate itself -
> we should pick one standard way and stick with it. That way we reduce
> the learning curve of all languages (or whatever the things the
> convention pertains to)."
>
>
> On Dec 19, 6:03 pm, Pierre <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > On Dec 19, 2007 11:57 PM, Thierry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> > > Honoustly, why not use the <?=
> > > When you use php templates I think it is an essential feature, for
> > > everyone not writing open source :)
> >
> > It does not pass validation checks, it is not a valid processing
> > instruction. Use google if you still need more arguments why saving
> > 7/8 chars can be a pain.
> >
> > --Pierre
> >
>



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