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Posted by Jochem Maas on 11/15/05 18:34
Jim Moseby wrote:
>>Robin Vickery wrote:
>>
>>>On 11/15/05, Roman Ivanov <gamblergluck@yahoo.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>>Can '<?=' be used for templates, or is it "a bad thing"?
>>>
>>>
>>>The manual's reasonably explicit on the subject:
>>>
>>>"Note: Using short tags should be avoided when developing
>>>applications or libraries that are meant for redistribution, or
>>>deployment on PHP servers which are not under your control, because
>>>short tags may not be supported on the target server. For portable,
>>>redistributable code, be sure not to use short tags."
>>
>>I've seen this note. But I haven't seen a single server where
>>short tags
>>were disabled.
>
>
> Nor have I. However, if I use long tags, my script will *always* work. If
> I use short tags there is a *possibility* that it won't. So, when writing
> code that is required to be portable, there is no reason to ever use short
> tags.
so how many people actually _need_ to write portable code? ok so many you
are starting a project which will become a runaway success but until it starts
receiving alot of attention use of short-open-tags is probably not your biggest
issue either.
lets assume that everyone should be writing completely portable apps, why does this
ini setting exist? what is the point of offering a setting that can be set to a
bad(tm) value by design?
>
> JM
>
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