Script/Program to convert '<?' into '<?php'

[guarriman]

Hi.

 

I want to migrate from PHP4 (where I use '<?') to PHP5 (where I must use '<?php').

 

Do you know a program or a Linux script to do it? Thank you very much.

[helraizer]

Hi.

 

I want to migrate from PHP4 (where I use '<?') to PHP5 (where I must use '<?php').

 

Do you know a program or a Linux script to do it? Thank you very much.

 

Why not just use a text editor like NotePad phpDesigner or any other and use Find & Replace?

 

Find: <?

 

Replace with: <?php

[Agoniscool]

I highly recommend Notepad++. Great program, and it's free!

[wildteen88]

Hi.

 

I want to migrate from PHP4 (where I use '<?') to PHP5 (where I must use '<?php').

 

Do you know a program or a Linux script to do it? Thank you very much.

PHP5 does support the short tags (<? and <?php=) all you need to do is enable a setting called short_open_tag. However if your script is small then I'd recommend you to convert the short tags to their respective full version.

[runnerjp]

yes i would use <?php as php5 wants you to use it for a reason

[trq]

Something like....

 

#!/bin/bash

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

 

would probably go close. Not tested.

[PFMaBiSmAd]

Don't forget that <?= would need to be changed to <?php echo