ID: 16763
Updated by: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Reported By: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Status: Open
Bug Type: Documentation problem
Operating System: ALL
PHP Version: 4.2.0
New Comment:
> People who do like the shorthand method
> will no longer have to write code using an
> optional tag style which requires an ini
> setting which is NOT set on every(or
> even most?) servers.
..and which tag is not XML safe. BTW <?php=$var?> is
still not XML safe, so this is not a real argument ;)
XML 1.0 specifies PIs:
'<?' PITarget (S (Char * ...
which means, that a space is needed after PITarget
(which is php in this case).
Previous Comments:
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[2002-04-26 11:16:17] [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Actually, removing <?= wouldn't improve consistency unless you also
removed <%=. Nobody, it seems, is actually willing to remove the short
hand, so the only way to improve consistency is to support it in all
three cases. People who don't like the shorthand method will continue
to act as if it doesn't exist. People who do like the shorthand method
will no longer have to write code using an optional tag style which
requires an ini setting which is NOT set on every(or even most?)
servers.
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[2002-04-25 20:09:34] [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Removing <?= and <%= works, too ;)
We are sure now. There will be people curious about not having <?php=,
since there are <?= and <%=.
It looks we are better to document about echo short cut, explicitly.
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[2002-04-25 19:27:03] [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Removing <?= would also improve consistency.
I don't buy the consistency argument.
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[2002-04-25 19:13:34] [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I porposed the same thing monthes ago. I agree. It's strange not to
have <?php= since <?php tag is the only portable tag.
Anyway, in PHP, there are too many inconsistency to note and it's one
of them.
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[2002-04-25 17:36:03] [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Do you mind if I ask why not? It's half-way implemented as it stands.
Both of the 'short form' tags support the behavior, what was the
reasoning behind not supporting it in the 'long form' tag?
Other than Rasmus's claim that he '...can't think of anything uglier
and less sensical...". If that was the reason for not fully supporting
the form, why was it partially implemented in the first place?
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