Re: Remove alternative PHP tags

Nikita Popov wrote:

> I've created a small RFC proposing the removal of the alternative PHP
> opening/closing tags:
> 
>     https://wiki.php.net/rfc/remove_alternative_php_tags
> 
> It removes <% and <script language=php> and the other variations of asp and
> script tags.

The RFC states:

| The alternative PHP tags have never gained any significant degree of
| usage. Their usage has been discouraged since forever.

Unfortunately, it seems that the PHP manual doesn't mention that all
these PHP tags are discouraged.
<http://php.net/manual/en/language.basic-syntax.phpmode.php> only mentions:

| As such, while some people find short tags and ASP style tags
| convenient, they are less portable, and generally not recommended.

I wonder if there are any faithful stats regarding the usage of the
alternative PHP tags.  I have never seen them in use (I have not even
been aware of the <script ...> tags), but that doesn't mean much.

-- 
Christoph M. Becker