On Sa, Jul 28, 2007 at 03:40:07 +0100, C.R.Vegelin wrote:
> I have a PHP script, as follows:
> <!--
>    <?php
>        echo "should this be echoed ?";
>    ?>
> -->
> 
> As expected, the browser shows nothing,
> but when I view Source in the browser, I see:
> <!-- start HTML comment
>  should this be echoed ?-->
> 
> Shouldn't it be just: <!--  -->, without the echo result ?
> I don't expect PHP to be active between <!--     -->.


No, you're expecting something wrong.

A <!-- ... is a HTML Comment which has nothing to do with the 
PHP Script execution on server side. Server sided php 
code execution is only bound to <? indicators.

> 
> TIA, Cor

So far.
Rob

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