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Date: Mon, 25 Mar 2019 19:18:00 +0100
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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] [RFC] Deprecate PHP's short open tags
From: peterkokot@gmail.com (Peter Kokot)

Hello,

On Mon, 25 Mar 2019 at 14:02, G. P. B. <george.banyard@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hello internals,
>
> I would like to start the discussion about the deprecation of PHP's short
> open tags:
> https://wiki.php.net/rfc/deprecate_php_short_tags
>
> As this is my first RFC all feedback is welcome.
> However, due to the nature of the RFC and it being self-contained, the
> planned date to
> beginning voting this RFC is after the mandatory two weeks discussion
> period and would
> start on Monday the 8th of April (2019-04-08) and be open for two weeks
> until Monday the
> 22nd of April (2019-04-22).
>
> Best regards
>
> George P. Banyard

Short opening tags are by default disabled in the php.ini settings on
the majority of PHP installations. This means that writing modern PHP
code shouldn't use these anymore because the code isn't properly
portable or let's say it is less portable. On top of all removing
these would also simplify things a bit - one opening tag for the same
thing less.

Also, a quick opinion based poll has been done in the PHP.earth
Facebook group [1] with ~96% in favour of the removal.

So, +1 for removing these and simplify things more. There are only two
tags really needed in PHP templating engines <?php and <?=

[1]: https://fb.com/groups/2204685680/permalink/10157687999015681/

Best regards.

-- 
Peter Kokot