Are PHP's ASP and script tags removed

Question

I'm working on PHP 5.3. However while looking at PHP manual, I find only Standard tags and short tags are documented in latest manual. Script and ASP tags are not documented. I understand they are not recommended and I do not use them. Just asking for info.

In latest manual, there is no thing about asp tags and script tags. So I believe they are removed in latest version of PHP but could not verify. I tried to look at change log but could not find if they are removed and if yes, when.

Can someone please answer if they are still supported (even though depreciated) in latest version of PHP? If no, in which version they were depreciated and when they were completely removed?

Answer 1

OMG , I did not even knew before that ASP tags can be used..

Anyhow, I do not know which version of the manual you are looking at , but Look here :

http://us1.php.net/manual/en/ini.core.php#ini.asp-tags

For shorthand tags it say :

Note: This directive also affected the shorthand <? echo. Use of this shortcut required short_open_tag to be on. Since PHP 5.4.0, <?= is always available.

for Script and ASP : (Example two is script)

http://us1.php.net/manual/en/language.basic-syntax.phpmode.php

While the tags seen in examples one and two are both always available, example one is the most commonly used, and recommended, of the two.

Short tags (example three) are only available when they are enabled via the short_open_tag php.ini configuration file directive, or if PHP was configured with the --enable-short-tags option.

ASP style tags (example four) are only available when they are enabled via the asp_tags php.ini configuration file directive.

So in essence if the Document is correct, and updated - , they are not yet deprecated.

Further info here : Are PHP short tags acceptable to use?

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