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Date: Mon, 5 Mar 2012 15:05:08 -0800
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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] '<?=' with PHP5.3.10
From: kris.craig@gmail.com (Kris Craig)

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Err *short_open_tag

On Mon, Mar 5, 2012 at 3:04 PM, Kris Craig <kris.craig@gmail.com> wrote:

> Personally, I HATE short_open_tab.  It has no value--  *except* that,
> unfortunately, it's still widely used in many apps and even some frameworks
> TTBOMK.  So, as worthless as it is, removing it completely would render
> these apps inoperable.  Leaving it turned-off by default is a given I
> think, as at very least people should be discouraged from using them.  I
> also wouldn't be opposed to the idea of deprecating them, which would allow
> these apps time to fix their code accordingly.
>
> I can't address the original question about its current status; I just
> wanted to weight in on the "what's the value" question.  Answer:  None,
> except that too many people are still using them.  =)
>
> --Kris
>
>
>
> On Mon, Mar 5, 2012 at 2:48 PM, Galen Wright-Watson <ww.galen@gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> On Mon, Mar 5, 2012 at 5:50 AM, Lester Caine <lester@lsces.co.uk> wrote:
>>
>> > OK what changed in the automatic updates from PHP5.3.9 to 5.3.10 that
>> > stops '<?=' working when it was working previously?
>> > I do not recall the state of short_open_tag changing but was that
>> > 'defaulted' to off when previously it was on?  I had thought that '<?='
>> was
>> > discussed and had been left alone, but now I'm told that is only on
>> PHP5.4.0
>> >
>>
>> What's the value of short_open_tag? If disabled, does the host's setup
>> allow you to set its value?
>>
>>
>> > Something broke sites without any warning and it would have been nice to
>> > be told by that ISP that they were updating PHP anyway :(
>> >
>> > --
>> > Lester Caine - G8HFL
>> > -----------------------------
>> >
>>
>
>

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