<?= $some_var_or_other ?> ... <?php echo $some_var_or_other ?>

[The Plankmeister]

Hi...

I seem to remember reading somewhere about the proper way of doing this sort
of thing in the middle of some html, for example:

<a href="<?= $some_url_or_ot her ?>">Click this!</a>

What is the most proper way of doing such? Would it be to do the full
monty?:

<a href="<?php echo $some_url_or_ot her ?>">Click this!</a>

I am writing my output to be xhtml strict compliant, so I guess for
continuity alone it should be the latter, but are there any specific reasons
for using the long-winded way? I'd like to know people's thoughts...

HYCSSLOTS...


Plankmeister.

[E-Star]

Re: &lt;?= $some_var_or_ot her ?&gt; ... &lt;?php echo $some_var_or_ot her ?&gt;

In article <3f41d39e$0$324 54$edfadb0f@dre ad16.news.tele. dk>, The
Plankmeister <plankmeister_N O_@_SPAM_hotmai l.com> wrote:
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> <a href="<?php echo $some_url_or_ot her ?>">Click this!</a>[/color]

Use this one.

[Ian.H [dS]]

Re: &lt;?= $some_var_or_ot her ?&gt; ... &lt;?php echo $some_var_or_ot her ?&gt;

On Tue, 19 Aug 2003 02:16:13 -0600 in
<message-id:190820030216 135042%unix_cor e@linuxmail.org >
E-Star <unix_core@linu xmail.org> wrote:
[color=blue]
> In article <3f41d39e$0$324 54$edfadb0f@dre ad16.news.tele. dk>, The
> Plankmeister <plankmeister_N O_@_SPAM_hotmai l.com> wrote:
>[color=green]
> > <a href="<?php echo $some_url_or_ot her ?>">Click this!</a>[/color]
>
> Use this one.[/color]


.... and to explain why to the OP...

<? ?> can be used if shorttags is enabled in php.ini but this isn't
always the case for every server and I suspect becoming less and less
the case as more and more people use XML for various tasks. XML uses
<?xml as it's tag, and causes confusion with PHP, so it's always
advisable (IMO at least) to use the <?php rather than <? (extending to
the echo <?php echo rather than <?= too).


HTH =)



Regards,

Ian

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[Jochen Buennagel]

Re: &lt;?= $some_var_or_ot her ?&gt; ... &lt;?php echo $some_var_or_ot her ?&gt;

Ian.H [dS] wrote:
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> <? ?> can be used if shorttags is enabled in php.ini but this isn't
> always the case for every server and I suspect becoming less and less
> the case as more and more people use XML for various tasks. XML uses
> <?xml as it's tag, and causes confusion with PHP, so it's always
> advisable (IMO at least) to use the <?php rather than <? (extending to
> the echo <?php echo rather than <?= too).[/color]

shorttags off has the advantage that you can use "<?xml" directly in
your files (i.e. without having to "print()" or "echo()" it), but if you
do that, you lose the ability to run your script on a server that has
shorttags on. If you're going to run only on servers who's php.ini you
control, that's no problem, but the default is still shorttags=on, so
that is what most hosters use.

So, if you're coding for the general public, shorttags=on is more
common, but you can't rely on it, so it is safer to use "<?php echo...".
But you can't rely on shorttags=off either, so for xhtml compliant files
you should use <?php echo "<?xml...." ;?>

Jochen

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[DvDmanDT]

Re: &lt;?= $some_var_or_ot her ?&gt; ... &lt;?php echo $some_var_or_ot her ?&gt;

XHTML doesn't really care which version you use... The absolute best way
anyway seems to be <?PHP echo $url;?> Notice the ;... Doesn't matter though,
just that it seems better as chances are you might feel like extending that
piece of code and forget to att the ; at that point...

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"The Plankmeister" <plankmeister_N O_@_SPAM_hotmai l.com> skrev i meddelandet
news:3f41d39e$0 $32454$edfadb0f @dread16.news.t ele.dk...[color=blue]
> Hi...
>
> I seem to remember reading somewhere about the proper way of doing this[/color]
sort[color=blue]
> of thing in the middle of some html, for example:
>
> <a href="<?= $some_url_or_ot her ?>">Click this!</a>
>
> What is the most proper way of doing such? Would it be to do the full
> monty?:
>
> <a href="<?php echo $some_url_or_ot her ?>">Click this!</a>
>
> I am writing my output to be xhtml strict compliant, so I guess for
> continuity alone it should be the latter, but are there any specific[/color]
reasons[color=blue]
> for using the long-winded way? I'd like to know people's thoughts...
>
> HYCSSLOTS...
>
>
> Plankmeister.
>
>[/color]

[R. Rajesh Jeba Anbiah]

Re: &lt;?= $some_var_or_ot her ?&gt; ... &lt;?php echo $some_var_or_ot her ?&gt;

"The Plankmeister" <plankmeister_N O_@_SPAM_hotmai l.com> wrote in message news:<3f41d39e$ 0$32454$edfadb0 f@dread16.news. tele.dk>...[color=blue]
> Hi...
>
> I seem to remember reading somewhere about the proper way of doing this sort
> of thing in the middle of some html, for example:
>
> <a href="<?= $some_url_or_ot her ?>">Click this!</a>
>
> What is the most proper way of doing such? Would it be to do the full
> monty?:
>
> <a href="<?php echo $some_url_or_ot her ?>">Click this!</a>[/color]

I prefer short tag <?=$foo?> 'cos it's IMO quite fast. Also, I
hate echo and would prefer to write PHP code without the use of echo.

(Many thanks to Rasmus for fighting on behalf of short tags:))

[Robert Hennig]

Re: &lt;?= $some_var_or_ot her ?&gt; ... &lt;?php echo $some_var_or_ot her ?&gt;

Jochen Buennagel wrote:
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> Ian.H [dS] wrote:
>[color=green]
>> <? ?> can be used if shorttags is enabled in php.ini but this isn't
>> always the case for every server and I suspect becoming less and less
>> the case as more and more people use XML for various tasks. XML uses
>> <?xml as it's tag, and causes confusion with PHP, so it's always
>> advisable (IMO at least) to use the <?php rather than <? (extending to
>> the echo <?php echo rather than <?= too).[/color]
>
>
> shorttags off has the advantage that you can use "<?xml" directly in
> your files (i.e. without having to "print()" or "echo()" it), but if you
> do that, you lose the ability to run your script on a server that has
> shorttags on. If you're going to run only on servers who's php.ini you
> control, that's no problem, but the default is still shorttags=on, so
> that is what most hosters use.
>
> So, if you're coding for the general public, shorttags=on is more
> common, but you can't rely on it, so it is safer to use "<?php echo...".
> But you can't rely on shorttags=off either, so for xhtml compliant files
> you should use <?php echo "<?xml...." ;?>
>
> Jochen
>[/color]
Or use:
if(ini_get('sho rt_open_tag') == 'on') {
[code to be executed if shorttag is enabled]
}
else {
[code to be excecuted with shorttag disabled]
}

Robert