question regarding backward compatibility in PHP 5.2

[jawaidpk]

well I have PHP 5.2.0 installed, & I have a huge project to work on but the problem is that the project was developed by using earlier version of PHP where "<?  ?>" these tags are allowed but PHP 5.2.0 dont allow "<?  ?>" tag instead it allows "<?php  ?>" tags. There are so many files in that project that it is almost impossible to change each & every "<?" tag to "<?php" tag. So I wanna know whether it is possible to use "<?" tag in PHP5.2.0. If yes then how it is possible?? 

[hvle]

no, this won't be a problem, but make sure on your php.ini has

 

short_open_tag = on

[trq]

Yes its possible (but not recommended). Within the php.ini, enable short open tags.

 

Id'e recommend changing the tags, easy enough with some bash/sed. Something like...

 

for file in $(ls projectdir) ; do
  sed -i -e 's/\<\?/\<\?php/g' $file
done

 

Not tested.

[trq]

This one is tested and working.

 

for file in $(ls -R projectdir/*.php) ; do
  sed -i -e 's/<?$/<?php/g' $file
done