Posted by David Grant on 11/25/05 18:40

<? is how XML specifies a processing instruction for the XML parser, for
example:

<?xml version="1.0"?>

Tells the parser that the XML it is parsing is version 1.

Jochem Maas wrote:
> Wolf wrote:
>> I have some scripts that I downloaded and am trying to make compliant
>> with my server. They have <?= placed throughout and I am not sure what
>> they are and how to fix them at this point.
>>
>> Stupid question, I know, but...
>
> not stupid, although a 'google' might have helped, regardless you have
> already had the answer.
>
> I find it funny that you say 'fix them' - one of the things [some of]
> the core
> developers are looking to get rid of is this shorthand syntax
> (according to posts on internals@lists.php.net) ... something
> to do with XML compatibility ... for now its valid php syntax though :-).
>
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Robert
>>
>

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