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Doc Bug #66438 shortcut for short tags and shortcut for asp style tags does not work
Submitted: 2014-01-07 23:51 UTC Modified: 2014-01-08 00:50 UTC
From: oxconcise at hotmail dot com Assigned:
Status: Not a bug Package: *General Issues
PHP Version: 5.4.23 OS: Windows 7
Private report: No CVE-ID: None
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 [2014-01-07 23:51 UTC] oxconcise at hotmail dot com 
Description:
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From manual page: http://www.php.net/language.basic-syntax.phpmode
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the use of 

<%= expression %>

or


<?= expression ?>

doesn't work even when short or asp style tags have been enabled in the .ini file.

Outputs:Parse error: syntax error, unexpected...


Test script:
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<?= echo "tom" ?>

Expected result:
----------------
tom

Actual result:
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Parse error: syntax error, unexpected 'echo' (T_ECHO) in C:\Users\Robert\Documents\web development\xampp\htdocs\xampp\web_development\new_study\one.php on line 1

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 [2014-01-08 00:50 UTC] bjori@php.net
-Status: Open +Status: Not a bug
 [2014-01-08 00:50 UTC] bjori@php.net 
Thank you for taking the time to write to us, but this is not
a bug. Please double-check the documentation available at
http://www.php.net/manual/ and the instructions on how to report
a bug at http://bugs.php.net/how-to-report.php

You can't use echo with short echo tags
 
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