So I have the following line...
<?=$variable?>
Is there a way to change it to long tags without typing a full echo statement?
<?php=$variable?> doesn't work
I know that <?php echo $variable ?> will work, but is there a shorter way to do it?
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A:
What?
The short way to do it is <?= ... ?>. Which is equivalent to <?php echo ... ?>.
That's all there is to it.
jtbandes
2010-08-11 02:33:52
Wait, so do PHP short tags need to be turned on for <?= ... ?> ? I'm trying to avoid short tags is all.
Chris
2010-08-11 02:39:42
Yes, short tags includes all variants of `<?` without `php`
Mike B
2010-08-11 02:42:09
@Mike B, `asp_tags` allows for `<%` and `<%=`, which mimic `<?` and `<?=`, respectively.
strager
2010-08-11 02:47:16
@strager that's entirely irrelevant, nobody's even asking about asp style tags.
2010-08-11 02:52:34
@strager asp style tags != short tags. The asker said he was trying to avoid short tags. I assume he would also want to avoid the very rare asp tags as well.
Mike B
2010-08-11 02:53:37
@Mike B, The statement "short tags includes all variants of `<?` without `php`" is incorrect. Sorry I wasn't being clear in stating that.
strager
2010-08-11 03:10:59
@strager Can you expand on that? What short tag consists of `<?` and `php`?
Mike B
2010-08-11 03:17:37
@Mike B, A 'variant of `<?` without `php`' is `<%`. `<%` is not included in `short_tags`; it is included in `asp_tags`.
strager
2010-08-11 03:40:09
@strager But I said said variants of short tags (which is really `<? ?>` and `<?= ?>`), not all possible php tags. ASP tags are not inclusive in short tags AFAIK.
Mike B
2010-08-11 14:37:39
@Mike B, You said "variants of `<?`", not "variants of short tags". Also, there are either no "variants of short tags", or there are, and the only variants in PHP I see are `<%` and `<%=`.
strager
2010-08-11 14:56:17
@strager I think we're talking about two different things :p. My lack of decent grammar is probably my flaw. I'll just leave it at that since the significance of this discussion is rather unimportant. See you around SO!
Mike B
2010-08-11 17:33:00
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A:
Is there a way to change it to long tags without typing a full echo statement?
No
Edit: For Strager http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=27448&edit=1
Mike B
2010-08-11 02:34:11
+2
A:
The shorter way is to use tokenized replacements (via a templating system, like Smarty) instead of interpolating between php and html syntax. Tokens are cleaner in general, and they don't have to be complicated.
Your HTML would look like:
<html>
<head>
<title>%title_token%</title>
</head>
<body>
<div id="content">%content_token%</div>
<div id="footer">%footer_token%</div>
</body>
</html>
etc. Different templating systems use different tokens (Smarty uses a several-step define, parse, compile), but all you really need is str_replace:
str_replace($template, '%title_token%', 'Super Awesome Webpage');
banzaimonkey
2010-08-11 02:43:27
PHP is faster. Always. And PHP doesn't need much learning, because you already know it. (I can't say much for designers, however.)
strager
2010-08-11 02:44:55
+1 for Smarty. Some people love it, others seem to avoid at all costs. To each his own :)
Mike B
2010-08-11 02:56:45
@strager By "faster" I meant "takes less time to write / read", but changed to avoid confusion.
banzaimonkey
2010-08-11 03:05:57