<?php= opening tag support?

[thebear98]

Hi,

I'm migrating a site from PHP4 (4.4.6) to PHP5 (5.3.5), am replacing all short open tags, and have many '<?=' opening tags to migrate as well.

I saw a reference in the online docs about an equivalent '<?php=' tag, but it doesn't appear to work.

What is the best way to 'find and replace' a PHP4 snippet like '<?= $var ?>' into a PHP5, non-short-open-tag equivalent?

Thx,

  Barry

[kenrbnsn]

The short tag "<?=" is equivalent to "<?php echo", so

<?=$var?>

should be replaced with

<?php
echo $var;
?>

 

Ken

[KevinM1]

Simply do a find-and-replace, swapping out:

 

<?=

 

With:

 

<?php echo

 

Be sure that the new lines end in a semicolon.