wp-config-sample.php missing closing PHP tag

[sojweb]

The config sample file included with 2.8 is missing the closing PHP tag. Someone just needs to stick it back in.

[sojweb]

wp-config-sample.php with closing PHP tag

[filosofo]

This is a feature, not a bug.

First, closing PHP tags are optional.

More importantly, since this is a user-edited file, it's highly likely that someone's text editor will add a line break after the closing tag, causing error messages that aren't immediately traceable. Leaving off the closing tag avoids that headache.

[filosofo]

By user-edited, I mean that people copy wp-config-sample.php and edit it as wp-config.php

[demetris]

Maybe it would be a good idea to put a comment it its place, so that people don’t think that something is missing or that the file is incomplete? Something like:

//  END OF FILE

Just a thought...

[sojweb]

I'll be damned. Learn something every day. Thanks.