Err *short_open_tag On Mon, Mar 5, 2012 at 3:04 PM, Kris Craig <kris.cr...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Personally, I HATE short_open_tab. It has no value-- *except* that, > unfortunately, it's still widely used in many apps and even some frameworks > TTBOMK. So, as worthless as it is, removing it completely would render > these apps inoperable. Leaving it turned-off by default is a given I > think, as at very least people should be discouraged from using them. I > also wouldn't be opposed to the idea of deprecating them, which would allow > these apps time to fix their code accordingly. > > I can't address the original question about its current status; I just > wanted to weight in on the "what's the value" question. Answer: None, > except that too many people are still using them. =) > > --Kris > > > > On Mon, Mar 5, 2012 at 2:48 PM, Galen Wright-Watson <ww.ga...@gmail.com>wrote: > >> On Mon, Mar 5, 2012 at 5:50 AM, Lester Caine <les...@lsces.co.uk> wrote: >> >> > OK what changed in the automatic updates from PHP5.3.9 to 5.3.10 that >> > stops '<?=' working when it was working previously? >> > I do not recall the state of short_open_tag changing but was that >> > 'defaulted' to off when previously it was on? I had thought that '<?=' >> was >> > discussed and had been left alone, but now I'm told that is only on >> PHP5.4.0 >> > >> >> What's the value of short_open_tag? If disabled, does the host's setup >> allow you to set its value? >> >> >> > Something broke sites without any warning and it would have been nice to >> > be told by that ISP that they were updating PHP anyway :( >> > >> > -- >> > Lester Caine - G8HFL >> > ----------------------------- >> > >> > >
