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

It's very dependable what you write. PHP can be used as programming language, or as simple and powerful web-template language. Mixing of this two usages very, very bad practice and will be horrible to support in long term.

So Second style is more usable in templates with lot of html markup and little spots of code, first - for 'clear' php programming.