php echo vs open&close tag

Question

Just to clarify: The issues \"echo vs print\" and \"double quotes vs single quotes\" are perfectly understood, this is about another thing:

Are there any re

Answer 1

I agree with Peter Bailey. However, in views I use the alternative syntax for statements, and much prefer short tags (particularly for echoing). So the above example would instead read:

I believe this is the preferred standard for Zend Framework.