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Report · Mar 19, 2007

Use "<?php", since "<?" will fail on some servers[1].

Which?

[1] PHP Solutions, page 47.

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Report · Mar 19, 2007

"Murray *ACE*" <forums@HAHAgreat-web-sights.com> wrote in message
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> Use "<?php", since "<?" will fail on some servers[1].
>
> Which?

All, if they do not have short_open_tag set up in php.ini. Most allow it,
but you won't know which don't until you try to use it.

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Report · Mar 19, 2007

Murray *ACE* escreveu:
> Use "<?php", since "<?" will fail on some servers[1].
>
> Which?
>
> [1] PHP Solutions, page 47.
>
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Report · Mar 19, 2007

I think its easier just to always use "<?php" and then you will never run
into any problems.

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Report · Mar 19, 2007

Thankee!

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"Tom Muck" <tommuck@NO-SPAM-hotmail.com> wrote in message
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>
> "Murray *ACE*" <forums@HAHAgreat-web-sights.com> wrote in message
> news:etmofd$3hn$1@forums.macromedia.com...
>> Use "<?php", since "<?" will fail on some servers[1].
>>
>> Which?
>
> All, if they do not have short_open_tag set up in php.ini. Most allow it,
> but you won't know which don't until you try to use it.
>
>
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Report · Mar 19, 2007

Thanks, zerof!

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"zerof" <zerof@terra.com.br> wrote in message
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> Murray *ACE* escreveu:
>> Use "<?php", since "<?" will fail on some servers[1].
>>
>> Which?
>>
>> [1] PHP Solutions, page 47.
>>
> -----
> Minutes PHP Developers Meeting
> Paris, November 11th and 12th, 2005
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> Apache - PHP - MySQL - Boolean Logics - Project Management
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Report · Mar 19, 2007

Safer for sure....

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"gareth" <support@nospam_phploginsuite.co.uk> wrote in message
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>I think its easier just to always use "<?php" and then you will never run
>into any problems.
>
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Report · Mar 19, 2007

Tom Muck wrote:
> All, if they do not have short_open_tag set up in php.ini. Most allow it,
> but you won't know which don't until you try to use it.

As Tom says, it's determined by short_open_tag. The default is on, but
you can turn it off. However, you cannot turn of support for <?php.

<?php is guaranteed to work. <? has no guarantee.

http://www.php.net/manual/en/ini.core.php#ini.short-open-tag

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