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Date: Thu, 24 Nov 2005 00:19:18 +0100
To: Edin Kadribasic <edink@emini.dk>
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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] PDM Meeting Notes
From: stefan.walk@gmail.com (Stefan Walk)

On 23/11/05, Edin Kadribasic <edink@emini.dk> wrote:
> Marcus Boerger wrote:
> > Hello Stefan,
> >
> >    "<%=3D" is of course also conflicting the XML specs since "<"
> > must be followed by a "!" is we are in a DTD context. Or a "?"
> > to start a processing instruction or a valid element name. And
> > "%" cannot start an element name.
>
> When we are talking about asp tags we are talking about the ability of
> *PHP* to parse xml documents, say in order to produce valid xhtml. PHP
> will produce parse error if you have short tags enabled when trying to
> parse xml, while with short tags disabled and asp tags enabled it parses
> them just fine which makes it sweet for making templating of xml document=
s.
>
> I really see no reason to remove a feature that at least some people
> find useful, and which has no effects on those that do not have it enable=
d.
>
> Edin

Exactly. PHP chokes on <?xml if short tags are enabled.

Regards,
Stefan