Edit report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=63423&edit=1
ID: 63423
Updated by: ras...@php.net
Reported by: code at henrik-gebauer dot de
Summary: short open tag should be distinguished from other
processing instructions
-Status: Open
+Status: Duplicate
Type: Feature/Change Request
Package: *Compile Issues
Operating System: all
PHP Version: Irrelevant
Block user comment: N
Private report: N
New Comment:
This is already implemented in PHP 5.4. <?= is always enabled so you can turn
short_tags off and you get the behaviour you are asking for.
Previous Comments:
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[2012-11-02 23:29:03] code at henrik-gebauer dot de
Description:
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The short open tag is very useful for readable templates: <?=$var?>, <? foreach
($array as $v): ?>, <? foreachend; ?> etc.
But on the other hand it interferes with other processing instructions like
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> or <?xml-stylesheet href="style.css"
type="text/css" media="all" ?>
So you have to use
<?="<?"?>xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
or something similar in your template which makes it less readable.
The compiler should distinguish between a short PHP tag and other processing
instructions. If the compiler is not sure if "<? something" is PHP code or not
it should report an error as before.
Test script:
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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<?="hello world\n";?>
<?php echo "hello world\n"; ?>
Expected result:
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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
hello world
hello world
Actual result:
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Parse error: syntax error, unexpected 'version' (T_STRING) in ... on line 1
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