2010/3/18 Ashley Sheridan <ash@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > On Thu, 2010-03-18 at 18:09 +0100, Jan G.B. wrote: > > 2010/3/18 Ashley Sheridan <ash@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > > I'd rather have short tags turned off than remember each time that I have > > to keep breaking up the < and ?php before I output it in-case the parser > > gets confused. > > > > You don't need to break anything up. It's perfectly valid and without > problems: > > <?php echo '<?xml version.... ?>'; ?> > > > What about this: > > <?xml version="1.0"> > <?php > > It's confusing! =) > That would break with short tags turned on. I often use this sort of code > in my Ajax server stuff. I don't want to have to use PHP to echo out what > would work on a normal setup. > I can understand it. But I think it's nonsense to output one line of "text" (prolog) and then start with <?php - while arguing that the first line of PHP should not be an echo. Where's the point? > > Thanks, > Ash > http://www.ashleysheridan.co.uk > > >
