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Request #54936 alternative syntax for <?php ?>
Submitted: 2011-05-26 18:55 UTC Modified: 2011-05-26 19:50 UTC
From: giorgio dot liscio at email dot it Assigned:
Status: Not a bug Package: Unknown/Other Function
PHP Version: 5.3.6 OS: any
Private report: No CVE-ID: None
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 [2011-05-26 18:55 UTC] giorgio dot liscio at email dot it 
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hi, i don't know if there are some problems (parsing, security) with this, but an alternative syntax for php open and close tags would be really nice for xml

editors and xml parsers don't like php used like this:

<a href="<?php echo $item->getUrl(); ?>">Homepage</a>

so an alternative syntax, xml compatible, can be useful, for example:

<a href="[php[ echo $item->getUrl(); ]]">Homepage</a>

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 [2011-05-26 19:50 UTC] johannes@php.net
-Status: Open +Status: Bogus
 [2011-05-26 19:50 UTC] johannes@php.net 
Most editors are aware of the PHP syntax.
Your propsed syntax won't work out as there is an conflict with statements like $a[$b[23]].
You can parse PHP anyways using an XML parset. In your example you'd at least have to write $item&gt;getUrl();.
You can write the code in a more "compatible" way. (echo '<a href="'.$item ....)
 [2011-05-26 21:31 UTC] giorgio dot liscio at email dot it 
what about

<a href="^?php echo $item->url(); ?^">Home</a>
 
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