2010/3/18 Pete Ford <pete@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>: > On 17/03/10 18:59, Tommy Pham wrote: >> >> On Wed, Mar 17, 2010 at 11:01 AM, Rene Veerman<rene7705@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >>> >>> hmm.. seems easier to me to push a filetree of .php's with<?= through >>> the str_replace(), than it is to get all the<?= writers to comply >>> with your wishes, which may not apply to their situation ;-) >>> >>> On Wed, Mar 17, 2010 at 5:14 PM, tedd<tedd.sperling@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >>>> >>>> At 8:55 PM -0400 3/16/10, Adam Richardson wrote: >>>>> >>>>> That said, I'm not taking exception with those who don't use the short >>>>> tag, only with those who say I shouldn't. >>>> >>>> Exception or not, it's still your choice and using short tags can cause >>>> problems. >>>> >>>> My view, why create problems when there is a solution? Forcing the issue >>>> is >>>> a bit like "I'm going to do it my way regardless!" I've traveled that >>>> path >>>> too many times in my life. Sometimes it's easier to take the path most >>>> traveled. >>>> >>>> Cheers, >>>> >>>> ted >>>> -- >>>> ------- >>>> http://sperling.com http://ancientstones.com http://earthstones.com >>>> >>>> -- >>>> 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 >>> >>> >> >> http://www.php.net/manual/en/language.basic-syntax.phpmode.php >> >> "There are four different pairs of opening and closing tags which can >> be used in PHP. Two of those,<?php ?> and<script language="php"> >> </script>, are always available. The other two are short tags and ASP >> style tags, and can be turned on and off from the php.ini >> configuration file. As such, while some people find short tags and ASP >> style tags convenient, they are less portable, and generally not >> recommended. " > > But the implication there is that they are *only* non-portable *because* > they can be switched off - there's no other strong reason. Before anyone > jumps in with XML / XHTML arguments again, those issues are fairly rare and > very easily worked around. My projects tend to use XHTML doctype because it > makes IE7/8 behave more predictably without a <?xml ?> block, and I always > use short tags for <?= because the alternative is so ugly! In the rare cases > where I generate XML from a PHP script, there are workarounds for the <? > problem. > I do tend to use <?php for blocks of code - so I guess I'm in the middle > camp here. > I also write code to be hosted on dedicated systems that I have full control > over, so php.ini settings are always in my control (so far...) > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > I agree. And I believe the persons ranting about short open tags are just like some religious people. It's almost like a war between Linux/Windows/Mac, IE/FF or ASP/PHP. Also, people love to recommend things that others recommended before. It mustn't make a big sense. -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
