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Which tags should I use, <?php ?> or <? ?>?

Apr 29th, 2001 20:17
Philip Olson, Nathan Wallace,

Both set of tags do the same thing, except <? is a short tag and can be 
disabled in php configurations (php.ini).  One reason one may disable 
short tags is to allow XML, so <?xml will work.  Have a look here :
  http://php.net/manual/en/configuration.php#ini.short-open-tag
Using <?php also follows the up-and-coming PEAR standard, which can be 
read about here :
  http://php.net/manual/en/pear.standards.tags.php