That makes sense. Thanks! -Natalie
-----Original Message----- From: Ed Gorski [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, May 28, 2002 4:46 PM To: Leotta, Natalie (NCI/IMS); 'Jonathan Rosenberg'; Johnson Kirk; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [PHP] comment followed by ?> fails to parse No the parser sees the ?> after a // because it needs to see when to quit out (unlike traditional, compiled languages) but it won't have this same effect in a string literal..... ed At 04:40 PM 5/28/2002 -0400, Leotta, Natalie (NCI/IMS) wrote: >But why wouldn't the parser skip right over a // line? it shouldn't >even see anything in it. > >-----Original Message----- >From: Jonathan Rosenberg [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] >Sent: Tuesday, May 28, 2002 4:46 PM >To: Johnson, Kirk; [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: RE: [PHP] comment followed by ?> fails to parse > > >BTW: if my last message was correct, this means that an occurrence of >?> embedded in a string literal will also cause problems. > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Johnson, Kirk [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: Tuesday, May 28, 2002 4:08 PM > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: RE: [PHP] comment followed by ?> fails to parse > > > > > > I have wondered for some time if this is a bug or just > > an interesting design > > choice ;) I agree with you, I was surprised when I > > first encountered this. > > But it is what it is, so code accordingly. > > > > Kirk > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Thalis A. Kalfigopoulos [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > > Sent: Tuesday, May 28, 2002 1:21 PM > > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Subject: [PHP] comment followed by ?> fails to parse > > > > > > > > > If I write a comment line with // and I include in > > it ?> then > > > it fails to parse the rest of the page because (i'm > > guessing) > > > the parser gets confused and goes off PHP mode. > > > Is this normal? Shouldn't I be able to write literally ANYTHING on > > > a comment line? > > > > > > Sample Code: > > > > > > <? > > > //bla bla ?> > > > $var=1; > > > ?> > > > > > > Output: > > > > > > $var=1; ?> > > > > > > > > > cheers, > > > thalis > > > > -- > > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > > > > > >-- >PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) >To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > >-- >PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) >To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
