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Date: Wed, 18 May 2011 20:16:51 +0200
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To: dukeofgaming <dukeofgaming@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] Regarding the echo short tag
From: info@tyrael.hu (Ferenc Kovacs)

On Wednesday, May 18, 2011, dukeofgaming <dukeofgaming@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I just wanted to ask what is the community's feeling on keeping the echo
> shortcut. I know short tags are kind of deprecated and I think it is the
> right call, however, I really really think the echo shortcut <?=3D should=
 be
> kept regardless of plain short tags, which are kind of pointless. I've re=
ad
> the RFC regarding this and I think the second + third option are the only
> sane ones.
>
> Regarding syntax, I do like <?:$var and would maybe also advocate for
> <%=3D$var or <% $var. I think =C2=A0another option could be a valid names=
paced XML
> notation <php:var /> (which is still shorter than <?php echo $var?>), but
> maybe this later has bigger implications that I'm too stupid right now to
> realize (for better or worse).
>
> I'm personally still using them since the benefit and enjoyment of workin=
g
> them supersedes the worst case scenario, which is a global find & replace=
 of
> <?=3D to <?php echo. I tell my coworkers to enjoy them while they still c=
an,
> however this is a luxury that can be only had with custom development, no=
t
> open-source projects due to the obvious problems with portability given t=
hat
> short_open_tags is now off by default.
>
> Best regards,
>
> David Vega
>

I thought we alredy decided to keep the short echo.

Tyrael