PHP documentation states:
<%= $variable; # This is a shortcut for "<% echo . . ." %>
<?= expression ?> This is a shortcut for "<? echo expression ?>"
...short tags and ASP style tags, and can be turned on and off from the php.ini configuration file.
So I attempted to try out the "shortcuts" for ASP style tags and short tags to verify these statements. I got this:
Parse error: syntax error, unexpected 'echo' (T_ECHO) in C:\Users\Robert\Documents\web development\xampp\htdocs\xampp\web_development ew_study\one.php on line 2
On a simple line of code as this:
<%= echo "tom" %>
and this
<?= echo "tom" ?>
Does anyone know why this is the case?
Code should be
<%= "tom" %>