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and the joy of "pure php scripts" with closing ?> tags messing with the output when you didn't want it... all in libraries you had no say... I can't say I miss

and the joy of "pure php scripts" with closing ?> tags messing with the output when you didn't want it... all in libraries you had no say... I can't say I miss those days ! Or this platform for that matter.

lifthrasiir 2y ago
Eventually people started omitting ?> at the very end, which is correct but also unsettling.
- gary_0 2y ago
  It's even recommended in the PHP docs: https://www.php.net/manual/en/language.basic-syntax.phptags.php https://www.php.net/manual/en/language.basic-syntax.phptags....
- earthboundkid 2y ago
  When I started my first job, I was like "Hey, these files don't have a closing ?>!!" and then my boss sighed.
- stefs 2y ago
  so irksome having to leave the tags unbalanced!