OH NO IT WON'T. It'll comment out the <? and parse the ?> and give you a
parse error.
<?
/*<?comment here?>*/
echo "hello";
?>
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ed Gorski" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Kevin Stone" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Jonathan Rosenberg"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Johnson Kirk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>;
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, May 28, 2002 2:52 PM
Subject: Re: [PHP] comment followed by ?> fails to parse
> No, if you use /* ? */ as a comment the parser will skip right over
> it.....if you want to use sample code in your script just use:
>
> /*
> <?
> code here....
> ?>
> */
>
> that'll work fine
>
> ed
>
> At 02:48 PM 5/28/2002 -0600, Kevin Stone wrote:
> >I've run into this before as well. Pain in the ass when you want to put
> >example code in your header. It's gotta be a deisgn flaw.
> >
> >// literal.. legal
> >$tmp = '?>';
> >
> >// reg ex.. legal
> >ereg('?>', $tmp);
> >
> >// Comment.. illegal. Why? Makes no sense.
> >/*?>*/
> >
> >-Kevin
> >
> >
> >----- Original Message -----
> >From: "Jonathan Rosenberg" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >To: "Johnson, Kirk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >Sent: Tuesday, May 28, 2002 2:46 PM
> >Subject: RE: [PHP] comment followed by ?> fails to parse
> >
> >
> > > BTW: if my last message was correct, this means that an
> > > occurrence of ?> embedded in a string literal will also cause
> > > problems.
> > >
> > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > From: Johnson, Kirk [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > > > Sent: Tuesday, May 28, 2002 4:08 PM
> > > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > > > Subject: RE: [PHP] comment followed by ?> fails to parse
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > I have wondered for some time if this is a bug or just
> > > > an interesting design
> > > > choice ;) I agree with you, I was surprised when I
> > > > first encountered this.
> > > > But it is what it is, so code accordingly.
> > > >
> > > > Kirk
> > > >
> > > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > > From: Thalis A. Kalfigopoulos [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > > > > Sent: Tuesday, May 28, 2002 1:21 PM
> > > > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > > > > Subject: [PHP] comment followed by ?> fails to parse
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > If I write a comment line with // and I include in
> > > > it ?> then
> > > > > it fails to parse the rest of the page because (i'm
> > > > guessing)
> > > > > the parser gets confused and goes off PHP mode.
> > > > > Is this normal? Shouldn't I be able to write literally
> > > > > ANYTHING on a comment line?
> > > > >
> > > > > Sample Code:
> > > > >
> > > > > <?
> > > > > //bla bla ?>
> > > > > $var=1;
> > > > > ?>
> > > > >
> > > > > Output:
> > > > >
> > > > > $var=1; ?>
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > cheers,
> > > > > thalis
> > > >
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