Quick Tip: PHP Open Tags

Did you know there are five different ways to show the beginning of a block of PHP code?

<?php print("hello world"); ?>
<? print("hello world"); ?>
<?="hello world"; ?>
<% print("hello world"); %>
<script language="php"> print("hello world"); </script>

The first one is the most popular, and does not cause any problems with syntax clashing.

Note: To use the shorthand notation (<?) you must have short_open_tag directive on in your php.ini file.

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