> I am searching for some evidence in the PHP source code that the
> possibility of omitting the closing PHP tag is absolutely intentional,
> and in fact part of the language syntax, and therefore it is going to be
> supported indefinitely. Digging for T_CLOSE_TAG and similar stuff have
> lead me to nothing.
>
I can't imagine a situation where that level of BC breakage would *EVER* be
permitted. In fact, last I heard it was recommended practice for PEAR files
to omit the end tag.
I suppose it might accidently break if include were ever shifted to C style
inclusion, but that breakage would wind up being considered a bug in the
"new feature" and could be easily fixed by automatically reseting the lexer
state before and after the include statement.
> Actually I would like to clarify and possibly extend the note on page:
> http://php.net/manual/en/basic-syntax.instruction-separation
>
An example might be helpful...
"<?php echo 'Foo'; ?>" and "<?php echo 'Foo';" are interpreted identically
by PHP.
-Sara
