# [VOTE] Remove alternative PHP tags

- Thread: https://externals.io/message/77585
- Original archive: https://news-web.php.net/php.internals/77585
- Started by Nikita Popov on 2014-09-24T18:13:25+00:00
- Messages: 3
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## #77585 — Nikita Popov — 2014-09-24T18:13:25+00:00

URL: https://externals.io/message/77585#77585

Hi internals!

The vote for removal of alternative PHP opening/closing tags in PHP 7 is
now open:

    https://wiki.php.net/rfc/remove_alternative_php_tags#vote

Nikita

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## #77732 — Pascal MARTIN — 2014-10-01T04:44:44+00:00

URL: https://externals.io/message/77585#77732 · In reply to: #77585

> The vote for removal of alternative PHP opening/closing tags in PHP 7 is
> now open:
>
>      https://wiki.php.net/rfc/remove_alternative_php_tags#vote

Hi!

We've talked about this RFC with several other members of AFUP (French 
UG), and we pretty much all agree that PHP 7 is the right time to remove 
these alternative tags.

This might/will cause BC-breaks for a few scripts and applications, but 
it seems acceptable, as:

  * Those alternative tags are not used that much (so, not too many 
applications should break)
  * Detecting and fixing these breaks should not be too hard and can, at 
least in part, be automated.

-- 
Pascal MARTIN
http://blog.pascal-martin.fr/
@pascal_martin

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## #77741 — Nikita Popov — 2014-10-01T20:27:04+00:00

URL: https://externals.io/message/77585#77741 · In reply to: #77585

> Hi internals!
>
> The vote for removal of alternative PHP opening/closing tags in PHP 7 is
> now open:
>
>     https://wiki.php.net/rfc/remove_alternative_php_tags#vote
>
> Nikita
>

The RFC has been accepted with 26 votes in favor and 8 against.

Nikita