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Date: Mon, 25 Mar 2019 19:19:44 +0000
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To: Peter Kokot <peterkokot@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] [RFC] Deprecate PHP's short open tags
From: robehickman@gmail.com (Robert Hickman)

As long as it dosn't remove '<?=' I'm not bothered, I use that
extensively in templates.

On Mon, 25 Mar 2019 at 18:18, Peter Kokot <peterkokot@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> 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
>
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