Define PHP the Long Way

[Xav]

Hi everyone! Now everyone knows you define a PHP script like this:

<?php echo "Hello World"; ?>

However, I recently learnt that there is another way to achieve this - like this:

<script language="php">echo "Hello World";</script> 

It's not much of a tutorial, but I just thought it was interesting to show.

[Jaan]

looking good..
thanks dude

[Jordan]

Nice information to know! Thanks! +rep

[Xav]

It's sort of a long-winded way, but it's a tool nonetheless. I suppose it might just have its uses, somewhere or other.

[Xav]

I've found another way to define it - and this time it's simpler than normal!

The usual way:

<?php echo "Hello World"; ?>

The SHORT way:

<? echo "Hello World"; ?>

So if you drop the "php" from your scripts, and you write 100 scripts, you'll save yourself from typing 300 extra keys... that's gotta be worth it, no?

[nullbyte]

Well, for the short way to work you must enabled short_tags in your PHP configuration file

[Xav]

Yeah, but I have.

[Whitey]

Also if you want a quick way to echo something.. Like in a value
ie:

<input value="<?='hey';?>">

so

<?="hey";?>

is the quick way xD

[Xav]

True, although your example isn't the most useful.