Re: [PHP-DEV] Do I need the closing ?> tag
[email protected] (Sterling Hughes) Sat, 9 Nov 2002 02:19:46 +0100
| Newsgroups | php.dev,php.general,php.lang |
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> PHP 4.2.2 (linux) doesn't seem to mind if I leave off the closing ?> tag at > the end of a file. Is the ?> assumed at EOF? > > I have PHP that outputs binary and along the way I include() a lot of php > scripts. I'm constantly having problems when I leave a little whitespace at > the end of some script after the ?> which screws up the output binary. > First time this happened it took me hours to figure out the cause. > > What does everyone think about just leaving off the ?> as a solution to > this? It works for me now, but would any PHP developer care to > prognosticate on the liklihood this might change in future? > I definitely think that _you_ should do it. But this is not the proper place for these questions, ask them on [email protected]. ?> Sterling -- Sterling Hughes <[email protected]> Did I help you? Consider a gift: http://wishlist.edwardbear.org/