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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] nowdocs again
From: dmitry@zend.com (Dmitry Stogov)

The feature is very useful, however, I agree, the syntax would be better. :)
The current syntax:

$var = <<<'TEXT'
text
TEXT;

Thanks. Dmitry.


Antony Dovgal wrote:
> On 30.01.2008 16:41, Dmitry Stogov wrote:
>> The final nowdoc patches are attached.
>> I'm going to commit them on Thursday in case of no objections.
> 
> So the current syntax is
> 
> $var = <<<'TEXT'
> text
> 'TEXT';
> 
> am I right?
> 
> I believe it's far from readable and clear and I suggest not to add it until 
> we have a better syntax.
> 
> Also looking at the discussion, I can see only 6 people involved (including Dmitry), 
> which most likely means nobody is really interested in that "nowdoc" and this is 
> yet another reason not to add it.
> 
> P.S. I personally see no need in such thing at all.
>