Quick PHP question

sirlemonhead · 9 Jan 2007 at 16:46

Hi, Using PHP 5.2.0 on Apache on a Windows machine.

the "<?= $vWhatever ?>" shorthand method for echoing variables isn't working. It's not being parsed by PHP so that little bit of code is appearing as HTML code when I do a view source in the browser.

Do I need to turn something on? Has it got something to do with needing to open PHP blocks with "<?php" rather than "<?" ?

Ta

elkdanger · 9 Jan 2007 at 16:51

Yep, "short tags" isn't turned on. You can do this by editing the php.ini file, otherwise you'll need to use <?php ?> for your PHP blocks.

Dj_Jestar · 9 Jan 2007 at 16:53

as above. Just for future proofing, I'd advise to use <?php tags over short tags.

sirlemonhead · 9 Jan 2007 at 18:42

Is there any way to use the shortcut with short tags turned off?

"<?php= $vWhatever ?> doesn't work..

elkdanger · 9 Jan 2007 at 18:46

sirlemonhead said:
Is there any way to use the shortcut with short tags turned off?

"<?php= $vWhatever ?> doesn't work..

I'm guessing if that doesn't work, then no.

sirlemonhead · 9 Jan 2007 at 18:55

Ah right. The long way isnt that much longer anyway

Cheers for the help