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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] <?xml tags (was PDM Meeting Notes)
From: johannes@php.net (Johannes Schlueter)

Hi,

On Sunday 27 November 2005 22:20, Daniel Convissor wrote:
> First, PHP scripts are not XML files, so why are we concerned with what
> the XML standard says?

It isn't about the XML standard but about exceptions for the PHP parser and 
why should <?xml be treated different from <?jsp or <?xsl or <?foo or ... 
which all are used (hm, not sure about <?foo) and sometimes even in 
combination with PHP.

> Second, PHP is frequently used to output XML files, necessitating such PHP
> scripts contain the string "<?xml" in them.  But in order to ensure
> scripts work when short tags is on, one must write something contorted
> like:
>
>   echo '<' . '?xml ...';

echo '<?xml ...';

just works fine.

> Third, if someone wrote a script using "<?xml" with short tags off instead
> of the above, PHP needlessly fails if short tags is on, eliminating
> portability.

so just remove short_tags :-)

johannes