why does this simple counter fail?

[Polytropon]

On Fri, 25 Mar 2011 21:12:08 -0400, Brad Mettee <bmettee at pchotshots.com> wrote:
> Gary Kline wrote:
> > 	I'M trying to decide whether to tatoo this on my forehead or
> > 	just make a note in my ~/.notes file for the next time this
> > 	breaks.  if/when.  Meanwhile, the best thingt to do would simply
> > 	write a script to turn <? into <?php ....   Never know when I'll
> > 	get into things like <?xml or whatever.
> >   
> If you do the <? into <?php, don't forget to do <?phpphp into <?php too. 
> Otherwise you'll likely corrupt already good tags.

With 's/<\?$/<\?php/g' and sufficient quoting,
maybe removing extra spaces, it should be fine. :-)



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