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Request #68060 Always allows short open tags
Submitted: 2014-09-19 22:29 UTC Modified: 2014-09-20 22:26 UTC
From: abdallah at gmx dot com Assigned:
Status: Wont fix Package: Scripting Engine problem
PHP Version: 5.6.1RC1 OS: All
Private report: No CVE-ID: None
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 [2014-09-19 22:29 UTC] abdallah at gmx dot com 
Description:
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We would like to provide cleaner websites and also distributables.
A lot of web hosting companies does not have short_open_tags enabled so we always have to release old school source codes inside templates

<?php echo $foo; ?>

I think the short_open_tag option should be enabled in all cases and simply NOT disabl-able

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 [2014-09-19 23:15 UTC] requinix@php.net
-Status: Open +Status: Wont fix
 [2014-09-19 23:15 UTC] requinix@php.net 
Short open echo tags <?= are always available as of PHP 5.4.
http://php.net/manual/en/ini.core.php#ini.short-open-tag
 [2014-09-20 08:53 UTC] abdallah at gmx dot com 
All types of short open tags should be available and not disablable, please.
Also the simple :

<?php to <?
 [2014-09-20 10:39 UTC] nikic@php.net 
<? is incompatible with XML declarations, which is why short_tags is disabled by default and its use discouraged.
 [2014-09-20 21:13 UTC] requinix@php.net 
short_open_tag is changeable PHP_INI_PERDIR which means you can enable it in a custom php.ini, .htaccess, or .user.ini, one of which is likely available to you.
 [2014-09-20 22:26 UTC] abdallah at gmx dot com 
If short tags are not compatible with XML declarations, what about changing them to something like <_ _> or <| |> on PHP 7 ?
 
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