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<?php or <?


AndrewRy

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Hello,

I am starting to get more into PHP coding even though I have been using it for several months now. My question is which delimiter is better to use:

<?php or <?

Is it just general preference or is there one that can be better in some ways than the other depending on PHP version and server?
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it's merely preference.  it's better to be in the habit of using <?php, as this will always work.  <? will only work when the setting in php.ini (i think it's something like allow_shorttags) is enabled; otherwise, you'd have to go back and change all those tags if you end up on a host that doesn't enable the setting.
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