Modify PHP. Customize how PHP calls a function

Question

Can php be modified to create a custom way to call a php function without opening and closing php tags? For example, given an example function like this that is incl

Answer 1

A similar effect is achievable using short_tags. Instead of doing

do

or

If you have php version 5.4 or greater, these tags will be supported. Prior to that, short_tags are disabled by defaut. Even in 5.4+, they can be disabled by the server so use it wiseley.

Another way is to echo html in a string so you don't have to switch in and out of php. Just remember to keep it readable for yourself and others:

          
          
          
              " . $text . "
          
      ";

You can also use heredocs:

$html = <<
        
        
        
            $text
        
    
HTML;

echo $html;

Edit: I also wanted to point out ob_start and ob_get_clean. What this will do is "record" everything that should be printed out on the screen without printing it out. This allows you to complete all of the logic in your code before the contents are displayed on the screen. You still need to either open and close php tags or echo strings containing html.

This may not be helpful for small webpages that don't need to process a lot of information. But if you have a lot of information to be displayed. It's beneficial to send large chunks of data to HTML over sending lots of smaller bits and can increase performance.