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--- rfc:remove_alternative_php_tags [2014/09/09 22:05] – nikic
+++ rfc:remove_alternative_php_tags [2014/09/12 17:45] – nikic
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   * ''<%'' opening tag
-  * ''<%='' short opening tag
+  * ''<%='' opening tag with echo
   * ''%>'' closing tag
   * ''%%(<script\s+language\s*=\s*(php|"php"|'php')\s*>)i%%'' opening tag
@@ Line 21: / Line 21: @@
 Additionally the ''asp_tags'' ini directive is removed.
+This RFC does //**not**// remove short opening tags (''<?'') or short opening tags with echo (''<?='').
 ===== Reasoning =====
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   * ASP tags [[http://stackoverflow.com/questions/14694116/how-to-disable-asp-style-php-tags-within-a-specific-file|clash with underscore.js templates]] and it's not possible to disable asp tags using ''ini_set()''.
   * Supporting different tags allows very weird mixing like ''%%<script language=php> echo "foo" %>%%''
+===== Porting tool =====
+To simplify porting of legacy code using the alternative tags, a [[https://gist.github.com/nikic/74769d74dad8b9ef221b|porting script]] is provided. The script takes a directory and will replace ASP and script tags in all ''.php'' files contained in this directory:
+<code>
+php -d asp_tags=1 portAlternativeTags.php dir/
+</code>
 ===== Vote =====
 As this is a language change a 2/3 majority is required.