Re: [PHP] Re: PHP in HTML code

maybe adding a <?php= as equivalent to <?= and <?php echo ,
then deprecating <?= would be useful.

On Tue, Mar 16, 2010 at 7:18 PM, tedd <[email protected]> wrote:
> At 5:54 PM +0000 3/15/10, Jochem Maas wrote:
>>
>> Op 3/13/10 3:49 PM, Jorge Gomes schreef:
>>>
>>>  First of all, i recommend the use of normal php tags (<?php ...  ?>)
>>> because
>>>  the short tags are atm marked as* **DEPRECATED*.
>>
>> that's a documentation error.
>>
>>>
>>>  You should also echo your values to the page, instead using the shortcut
>>> <?=
>>>  (stop being a lazy ass! :P):
>>
>> it's not lazy, it's succinct and much easier to read (once you know what
>> it means),
>
> Yes, but like all web languages, they don't live in a vacuum -- they must
> play well with others to survive. Programming is dynamic not static.
>
> While using "<?=" identifies what follows "to you", it doesn't "to others"
> and therein lies the problem. If XML (and possibility others) don't accept
> the short term tag, then why use it?
>
> Using "Standards" like this help promote better communication between all
> languages -- what's wrong with that? Simply put, either communicate better
> or don't -- that's your choice -- but your decision is also a demonstration
> to your client/employer/peers as to your desire to produce the "best"
> possible code.
>
> I look at code containing "<?=" the same way as I see html containing tables
> and embedded styling for presentation -- "This must be old code OR the
> programmer still doesn't get it".
>
> Cheers,
>
> tedd
>
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