Re: Anyone have a tool/script to convert <? to <?php (but not <?=)

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Here is a regex that might do the trick ... I did not test this on a large
scale but it matches any "<?" that is not followed by php (<?php), or an
equal sign ignoring any whitespace (<?=$var?>, <?   =$var;?>, <?     =
$var?>) .... etc ...


http://regex101.com/r/bL0wO9


On Fri, Feb 14, 2014 at 1:34 PM, Daevid Vincent <daevid@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> *sigh*
>
> <?=$foo?> is perfectly valid so is <?=$foo;?> or any combination WITH
> SPACES OR NOT.
> If this were trivial, I wouldn't have asked the list. I've been coding PHP
> since 1996. ;-)
>
> So if you have <? you have to make sure it doesn't have a '=' after the
> '?' to convert to '<?php'
>
> Spaces are irrelevant and can NOT be relied upon as a unique feature.
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Daevid Vincent [mailto:daevid@xxxxxxxxxx]
> > Sent: Wednesday, February 12, 2014 2:57 PM
> > To: php-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Subject: RE:  Anyone have a tool/script to convert <? to <?php (but
> not
> > <?=)
> >
> > Thanks guys for the replies so far, however, if it were a simple search
> and
> > replace I wouldn't have to ask ;-)
> >
> > The trick is that "<?=" is valid and legal and I want to keep those. I
> only
> > want to change if they are specifically "<?"
> >
> > Maybe there is some regex guru out there that knows the magic
> incantation.
> >
> > Related, for extra credit it drives me bonkers to see this:
> >
> >       Hello <?= $username; ?>
> >
> > Note the end semicolon on the variable. I'd want to strip all those off
> too,
> > but that is also not a trivial task if you think about it as it can only
> be
> > removed if proceeded with <?=
> >
> >
> >
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