PHP and ASP Tags

[Anon]

I read in the the PHP Windows Help File that you can place PHP code within ASP tags (like <% %>) as of version 4. Can you place PHP and ASP within the same tags, like:

<%
// Some PHP stuff
// Some ASP stuff
%>

or do you have to keep them seperate, like:

<%
// some PHP stuff
%>
<%
// some ASP stuff
%>

It's a simple question, but I don't think I explained it the way I wanted to.
Any help is appreciated. 🙂

[brandonschnell]

while the tags might be asp style, you'll need to keep the two scripting languages completely seperate. place asp scripts in .asp files and php scripts in .php files.

[Anon]

I think the reason ASP tag compatability was enabled was to fool certain Windows-based (ick) html editors (DreamWeaver, etc.) into thinking they were dealing with Microsoft ASP tags such that the PHP code would be visible and the editor wouldn't try to convert the tags themselves.

This basically allowed you to write PHP in these editors and then post them to a Linux/Unix server running Apache/PHP with ASP Tags enabled.

A most ingenious idea, I must say.

Regards,
Armando