# PHP6: status of short_open_tag and asp_tags

- Thread: https://externals.io/message/47096
- Original archive: https://news-web.php.net/php.internals/47096
- Started by Lee Powers on 2010-03-10T02:00:40+00:00
- Messages: 2
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## #47096 — Lee Powers — 2010-03-10T02:00:40+00:00

URL: https://externals.io/message/47096#47096

Is short_open_tag set to be removed or deprecated in PHP6? I don't see any
deprecated/removal alerts in the documentation, yet I've heard all sorts of
conjecture about the availability of short_open_tag along with asp_tags in 6
and would like to get a more official indication of their status.

Thanks,
Lee

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## #47122 — Philip Olson — 2010-03-11T17:50:54+00:00

URL: https://externals.io/message/47096#47122 · In reply to: #47096

> Is short_open_tag set to be removed or deprecated in PHP6? I don't see any
> deprecated/removal alerts in the documentation, yet I've heard all sorts of
> conjecture about the availability of short_open_tag along with asp_tags in 6
> and would like to get a more official indication of their status.

short_open_tag is not deprecated. However, decoupling <?= from short_open_tag is on a table, somewhere.

I know nothing about asp_tags.

Regards,
Philip