Setting of <? and <?php

[wing]

Hi,

I'm now doing web programming using PHP. I need to use <?php instead of <?
for PHP scripts.

How do I configure PHP so that it can recognize <? as well??

Thanks in advance
Wing

[Tim Van Wassenhove]

On 2004-01-14, wing <wi**@wing.co m> wrote:

Hi,

I'm now doing web programming using PHP. I need to use <?php instead of <?
for PHP scripts.

How do I configure PHP so that it can recognize <? as well??

short_open_tag = on

But be aware, there are some issues you should be aware of when using
it.

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[wing]

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On 2004-01-14, wing <wi**@wing.co m> wrote:

Hi,

I'm now doing web programming using PHP. I need to use <?php instead of <? for PHP scripts.

How do I configure PHP so that it can recognize <? as well??
short_open_tag = on

But be aware, there are some issues you should be aware of when using
it.

Thanks for your reply but can you please specify what needs to be aware of??

Wing


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[Rahul Anand]

"wing" <wi**@wing.co m> wrote in message news:<bu******* ***@news.ust.hk >...

Hi,

I'm now doing web programming using PHP. I need to use <?php instead of <?
for PHP scripts.

How do I configure PHP so that it can recognize <? as well??

Thanks in advance
Wing

Review the following section in *php.ini* file.

[SNIP]

; Allow the <? tag. Otherwise, only <?php and <script> tags are
recognized.
; NOTE: Using short tags should be avoided when developing
applications or
; libraries that are meant for redistribution, or deployment on PHP
; servers which are not under your control, because short tags may not
; be supported on the target server. For portable, redistributable
code,
; be sure not to use short tags.
short_open_tag = On

[/SNIP]

You can enable or disable *short_open_tag * (<?) by writing On or Off
respectively in your php.ini file.

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Cheers,
Rahul

[Agelmar]

wing wrote:

"Tim Van Wassenhove" <eu**@pi.be> ¦b¶l¥ó
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On 2004-01-14, wing <wi**@wing.co m> wrote:

Hi,

I'm now doing web programming using PHP. I need to use <?php
instead of <? for PHP scripts.

How do I configure PHP so that it can recognize <? as well??

short_open_tag = on

But be aware, there are some issues you should be aware of when using
it.

Thanks for your reply but can you please specify what needs to be
aware of??

Wing

If you're using XML, it's a pain in the ass because PHP will think that your
XML is PHP. Seriously, leave short tags off, it's bad style.

[Jochen Buennagel]

Agelmar wrote:

If you're using XML, it's a pain in the ass because PHP will think that your
XML is PHP. Seriously, leave short tags off, it's bad style.

That is the standard argument (and the only one) I always hear against
short tags, and the argument I hear against using them in a script is
that it doesn't run with short tags off otherwise.

However, since short_open_tags = on is the default setting, turning them
off is (should be) a concious effort, so noone does it without a reason.
All hosting companies I know leave the default setting, so I see
nothing wrong with using the short tags. (For one thing "<?=" looks so
much neater in a template than "<?php echo".)

If someone absolutely has to have the tags off, they can use a per-dir
setting or use one simple sed command to change a whole application to
long tags, so I don't see why I should burden myself (and the template
designers) with long tags just because the style police says so.

LLAP,
Jochen

[Agelmar]

Jochen Buennagel wrote:

Agelmar wrote:

If you're using XML, it's a pain in the ass because PHP will think
that your XML is PHP. Seriously, leave short tags off, it's bad
style.

That is the standard argument (and the only one) I always hear against
short tags, and the argument I hear against using them in a script is
that it doesn't run with short tags off otherwise.

However, since short_open_tags = on is the default setting, turning
them
off is (should be) a concious effort, so noone does it without a
reason. All hosting companies I know leave the default setting, so
I see
nothing wrong with using the short tags. (For one thing "<?=" looks so
much neater in a template than "<?php echo".)

If someone absolutely has to have the tags off, they can use a per-dir
setting or use one simple sed command to change a whole application to
long tags, so I don't see why I should burden myself (and the template
designers) with long tags just because the style police says so.

LLAP,
Jochen

Just because poor style works doesn't mean you should use it. I can forgoe
all array subscripting in C and just use arrayName + whatever*sizeof (int)
instead of arrayName[whatever] - does that mean I should? <?php will work on
all platforms. <? will not. Thus, if you care about compatibility, it's a no
brainer.

[Chung Leong]

Both <?php and <? are poor style. We should all use <script
language="php"> </script> instead.

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news:bu******** ****@ID-30799.news.uni-berlin.de...

Jochen Buennagel wrote:

Agelmar wrote:

If you're using XML, it's a pain in the ass because PHP will think
that your XML is PHP. Seriously, leave short tags off, it's bad
style.
That is the standard argument (and the only one) I always hear against
short tags, and the argument I hear against using them in a script is
that it doesn't run with short tags off otherwise.

However, since short_open_tags = on is the default setting, turning
them
off is (should be) a concious effort, so noone does it without a
reason. All hosting companies I know leave the default setting, so
I see
nothing wrong with using the short tags. (For one thing "<?=" looks so
much neater in a template than "<?php echo".)

If someone absolutely has to have the tags off, they can use a per-dir
setting or use one simple sed command to change a whole application to
long tags, so I don't see why I should burden myself (and the template
designers) with long tags just because the style police says so.

LLAP,
Jochen

Just because poor style works doesn't mean you should use it. I can forgoe
all array subscripting in C and just use arrayName + whatever*sizeof (int)
instead of arrayName[whatever] - does that mean I should? <?php will work

on all platforms. <? will not. Thus, if you care about compatibility, it's a no brainer.

[Agelmar]

Chung Leong wrote:

Both <?php and <? are poor style. We should all use <script
language="php"> </script> instead.

Hmm... actually, that's not a bad suggestion.

[Jochen Buennagel]

Agelmar wrote:
Thus, if you care about compatibility, it's a no brainer.

I've never had any complaints yet (except from the style police).