I believe he was talking about <?=$var?> vs. <? echo $var ?>
not <? vs. <?php I don't know of any way to disable <?=, but it is dependant on short_tags being on. Does <?php= work? I doubt it... ---John Holmes... ----- Original Message ----- From: "Pushkar Pradhan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Matthew Walker" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, May 15, 2002 4:49 PM Subject: Re: [PHP] PHP Tag question > You can tell that from the php.ini file look for: > > ; Allow the <? tag. Otherwise, only <?php and <script> tags are > recognized. > short_open_tag = On > > So basically you can switch them on/off. > > On Wed, 15 May 2002, Matthew Walker wrote: > > > I'm writing a coding standards document for our programmers, and I need > > to know if the 'echo' shortcut PHP tags are always on, or if we need to > > assume they might not be on. > > > > (By echo shortcut, I mean this syntax: <?=$variable?>) > > > > Matthew Walker > > Senior Software Engineer > > ePliant Marketing > > > > > > > > --- > > Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. > > Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). > > Version: 6.0.351 / Virus Database: 197 - Release Date: 4/19/2002 > > > > > > -- > > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > > > -Pushkar S. Pradhan > > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
