Having characters before ``++<?php++`` can cause "Cannot modify header information" errors and similar problems with Ajax requests.


== Noncompliant Code Example

[source,php]
----
test<?php  //Noncompliant
// ...
----
and

[source,php]
----
// Noncompliant; newline before opening tag
<?php
// ...
----


== Compliant Solution

[source,php]
----
<?php  
// ...
----



ifdef::env-github,rspecator-view[]

'''
== Implementation Specification
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include::message.adoc[]

'''
== Comments And Links
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include::comments-and-links.adoc[]
endif::env-github,rspecator-view[]