[FX.php List] [OT] PHP Shorthand

[Jonathan Schwartz]

Thanks guys.

I just wanted to know if the shorthand was something new.  Had never 
seen "<?=$MSG?>" before.

It not only skips the opening "php", it skips the "echo" and closing semicolon.

J


At 5:14 PM +0200 5/13/08, Gjermund Gusland Thorsen wrote:
>Well at the time when I started scripting php it really did not
>matter, these days there are more filetypes...
>
>Therefore <?php
>?>
>
>is the way to go.
>
>ggt
>
>2008/5/13 Dale Bengston <dbengston at tds.net>:
>>  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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