RE: [WSG] PHP Question...

[Simon Jessey]

Another thing to consider is XML. Some people (myself included) create XML files on a regular basis. The PHP short tag <? can easily be confused by XML parsers, because it is the same as the beginning of a Processing Instruction. For example: <?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1" ?> The problem doesn't usually arise, because the server strips the page of PHP as it is being served; however, it is better to be safe than sorry, eh? -------------------------------------- Simon Jessey business: http://keystonewebsites.com/ personal: http://jessey.net/blog/ e: [EMAIL PROTECTED]   -----Original Message----- From: Beau Lebens [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [WSG] PHP Question... <?php is more reliable - you can configure a server to ignore "<?" as an opening PHP tag (short_tags i think the directive is from memory).   for compatibilities sake, you should always use the <?php tag in your coding, but if short tags are enabled, then technically the 2 are the same (both just define a block of PHP code) -----Original Message----- From: Chris Stratford [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [WSG] PHP Question...     Wondering, what is the difference between using:   <? /* php code */ ?>   as opposed to:   <?PHP /* php code */ ?>