newbie tag question

[Microbe]

Hey all,

After a lot of years using ASP/VBScript, I am learning a bit of PHP with mySQL.

Question. I notice that sometimes tags use <?php ?> and sometimes just <? ?>

Is the "php" important in the tags? Why?

Steve Davis
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Me? I can't even spell ASP!

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[Olavxxx]

Hi,

I see some people only use <? ?> and it works fine.
When I program, I however use <?php ?>

I dont know if there are *any* issues, maybe regarding older versions of php?

If you want to echo out a variable in the middle of something else, you can however do:
<?=$variable?>

Olav Alexander Mjelde

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[spookie]

Whether you can use <? ?> ie short tags, depends on 'short_open_tag' settings in php.ini file.
If it is not on you have to use <?php ?>.
So using long tag is recommended for the application to be portable.
comments in php.ini also gives you reasons for NOT to use short tags.

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[Microbe]

Thanks for that. I figured ther emay be some sort of config/legacy issue.

Steve Davis
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