[FX.php List] [OT] PHP Shorthand

[Dale Bengston]

Us too. Since we can't control the client's environment, we have  
eliminated short tags in our code.

Dale

On May 13, 2008, at 7:03 AM, Derrick Fogle wrote:

> I recently read that PHP6 completely removes the Open Short Tags  
> feature, too. I used them quite liberally back in the day, but I  
> don't anymore.
>
> On May 12, 2008, at 11:24 PM, Jonathan Schwartz wrote:
>
>> That's what I thought.  But the code in question is used liberally  
>> in PHPAuction.
>>
>> J
>>
>> At 10:29 PM -0400 5/12/08, Michael Layne wrote:
>>> Also, I'm not a PHP contributor, but in PHP5, you have to  
>>> explicitly allow short tags.
>>>
>>> From most default PHP5 installations:
>>>
>>> <? echo $msg; ?>
>>>
>>> won't work
>>>
>>> Got to use
>>>
>>> <?php echo $msg; ?>
>>>
>>> Only feel safe with shorthand if you control the server - that's  
>>> been my experience.
>>>
>>> Here's a thread that walks you through the argument...
>>>
>>> http://www.webhostingtalk.com/showthread.php?t=617661
>>>
>>> HTH.
>>>
>>> Michael
>>>
>>> On May 12, 2008, at 8:10 PM, Nick wrote:
>>>
>>>> you can but it is not advised to use anything but <?php
>>>> as various server configurations won't be compatible with the  
>>>> shorthand versions.
>>>> On Mon, May 12, 2008 at 6:26 PM, Jonathan Schwartz <jschwartz at exit445.com 
>>>> > wrote:
>>>> Anyone use the following shorthand:
>>>>
>>>> <?=$MSG?>
>>>>
>>>> versus
>>>>
>>>> <?php echo $MSG; ?>
>>>>
>>>> Just saw this for the first time.
>>>>
>>>> Jonathan
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