what is the meaning of the symbol in php

[milan]

If any where in PHP Code a syntax looks like this i.e <?= "<any word>" ?> what does it mean.....?

[divinedesigns1]

If any where in PHP Code a syntax looks like this i.e <?= "<any word>" ?> what does it mean.....?

<? ?> is just a short hand of writing <?php ?> if thats what your trying to find out

[milan]

but when i tried this code <?= "america"; ?> it does not get executed. , i done any mistake in writing the code

[thescientist]

maybe you should read the tutorials firsthttp://www.w3schools...php/default.asp it would explain that those symbols tell the interpreter to start executing any code within the start and end markers however, your code doesn't really do anything. if you were trying to output something to screen, you would actually need to write PHP code that did that. i.e.

<?phpecho 'america';?>

Edited July 30, 2012 by thescientist

[milan]

Thanks for the suggestion I will do that.....

[justsomeguy]

The "<?=" is a shortcut to output a value that requires the PHP option for short tags to be enabled. It won't work otherwise. It's generally bad practice to use it.