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Doc Bug #66097 short tags should no longer be discouraged
Submitted: 2013-11-14 17:34 UTC Modified: 2013-11-18 09:15 UTC
From: postmaster at greg0ire dot fr Assigned: krakjoe (profile)
Status: Closed Package: Documentation problem
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 [2013-11-14 17:34 UTC] postmaster at greg0ire dot fr 
Description:
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From this page : http://php.net/manual/en/language.basic-syntax.phptags.php

> PHP also allows for short tags <? and ?> (which are discouraged because they are only available if enabled with short_open_tag php.ini configuration file directive, or if PHP was configured with the --enable-short-tags option. 

From this page : http://www.php.net/manual/en/ini.core.php#ini.short-open-tag

> This directive also affected the shorthand <?= before PHP 5.4.0, which is identical to <? echo. Use of this shortcut required short_open_tag to be on. Since PHP 5.4.0, <?= is always available. 

This probably means short tags should no longer be discouraged (the first page should be modified)

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 [2013-11-17 08:57 UTC] krakjoe@php.net 
Automatic comment from SVN on behalf of krakjoe
Revision: http://svn.php.net/viewvc/?view=revision&amp;revision=332148
Log: fix #66097 update information on short tags
 [2013-11-17 08:57 UTC] krakjoe@php.net
-Status: Open +Status: Closed -Assigned To: +Assigned To: krakjoe
 [2013-11-17 08:57 UTC] krakjoe@php.net 
This bug has been fixed in the documentation's XML sources. Since the
online and downloadable versions of the documentation need some time
to get updated, we would like to ask you to be a bit patient.

Thank you for the report, and for helping us make our documentation better.
 [2013-11-18 09:15 UTC] salathe@php.net 
Just to be clear, the use of the "short_open_tag" INI option continues to be discouraged for the same reasons as always.  

As of PHP 5.4.0, the shorthand echo tag (for want of a better name) "<?=" is always enabled and is considered "okay" to use. 

In short, the documentation sections that were quoted in the bug report are correct; our discouragement of the use of the "short_open_tag" option and tag continues.
 [2020-02-07 06:08 UTC] phpdocbot@php.net 
Automatic comment on behalf of krakjoe
Revision: http://git.php.net/?p=doc/en.git;a=commit;h=7abfa104a665647bcf61a9ef1a964253999d5a38
Log: fix #66097 update information on short tags
 
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