PHP includes - correct formatting

EdenWeb · #1 (**permalink**) 07-08-2007, 03:47 PM

I not a bona fide coder so forgive this if it's a really dumb question.

I use Easy PHP and WAMP server here to make my local machine run ssi scripts and act as a server.
Normally, I format a PHP include as follows

<? include("../folder/file.php") ?>

and that worked fine until I updated a version of one of these applications and now I need to ammend that to be as follows (extra p h p after opening statement...

<? php include("../folder/file.php") ?>

Any ideas why the change?

Ciarán Mc Cann · #2 (**permalink**) 07-08-2007, 03:52 PM

I too use WAMP and I have come across the problem, myself. Still not sure why it changes tho.

EdenWeb · #3 (**permalink**) 07-08-2007, 05:46 PM

Thanks Ciaran
I'll have a look at the forums and see if there's any info there.

georgiecasey · #4 (**permalink**) 07-08-2007, 05:51 PM

The <? has been deprecated for a while because it can get mixed up for an XML file. Recommended to use <?php. There's a setting in php.ini that allows the <? or not, it must be turned off in the new installtion or something

404 username not found · #5 (**permalink**) 11-08-2007, 09:04 PM

Yeah, here's a comment section from my php.ini file... just above the short_open_tag = Off option.

Quote:

; Allow the <? tag. Otherwise, only <?php and <script> tags are recognized.
; NOTE: Using short tags should be avoided when developing applications or
; libraries that are meant for redistribution, or deployment on PHP
; servers which are not under your control, because short tags may not
; be supported on the target server. For portable, redistributable code,
; be sure not to use short tags.

The book I learned most of my PHP from warned against using short tags as well, so I've been spared this particular headache.

EdenWeb · #6 (**permalink**) 15-08-2007, 03:48 PM

Great - thanks for that.

enzo · #7 (**permalink**) 16-08-2007, 12:02 AM

George is right (not that I know an awful lot about php), short tags aren't recommended cos they conflict with the xml tag.

Quote:

hort_open_tag boolean Tells whether the short form (<? ?>) of PHP's open tag should be allowed. If you want to use PHP in combination with XML, you can disable this option in order to use <?xml ?> inline. Otherwise, you can print it with PHP, for example: <?php echo '<?xml version="1.0"'; ?>. Also if disabled, you must use the long form of the PHP open tag (<?php ?>).

Note: This directive also affects the shorthand <?=, which is identical to <? echo. Use of this shortcut requires short_open_tag to be on.

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