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To: Nikita Popov <nikita.ppv@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] Remove alternative PHP tags
From: ajf@ajf.me (Andrea Faulds)


On 9 Sep 2014, at 23:08, Nikita Popov <nikita.ppv@gmail.com> wrote:

> I've created a small RFC proposing the removal of the alternative PHP
> opening/closing tags:
>=20
>    https://wiki.php.net/rfc/remove_alternative_php_tags
>=20
> It removes <% and <script language=3Dphp> and the other variations of =
asp and
> script tags.

Isn=92t this a bit of a needless BC break? Not very nice on people with =
such codebases. It=92s also worth pointing out that people might be =
using these to get around the XML <? issue (granted, you can disable =
short tags).

I=92d vote for this if you wrote a convertor script to help people =
migrate. Otherwise I think we=92re just being unfair on people who used =
these tags.

Actually, I=92d like to see a Python 2to3-esque tool in general for PHP =
7. The easier we make the migration, the more likely people will do it.

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