| Re: HP syntax error, unexpected T_variable [message #179914 is a reply to message #179906] |
Wed, 19 December 2012 02:02   |
Adam Harvey
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On Tue, 18 Dec 2012 11:50:11 -0500, Jerry Stuckle wrote:
> On 12/18/2012 8:11 AM, M. Strobel wrote:
>> Just for the many readers,
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>> the problem with the closing tag is, that you get difficult to control
>> newlines and spaces in the output.
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>> This is hardly noticeable in HTML, but a big problem when serving
>> binary files.
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>> /Str.
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> It is not a problem for good programmers. They know not to place
> newline characters after the ?>. Additionally, if one sneaks in, the
> error message generated is QUITE clear.
>
> And BTW - PHP scripts are NOT "binary files".
Of course not, but consider the case where you're outputting a JPEG image
from a PHP script: there's not necessarily an obvious error message if
there's trailing whitespace after a ?> (since PHP doesn't care), but the
image will still be broken nonetheless.
Most modern PHP coding standards I know of now recommend against the ?>
for that reason. I personally agree.
Of course, coding standards in general tend to be a bit of a religious
issue!
Adam
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