PHP execution question

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Hi

I'm having a bit of a problem with some of my php code not executing.

What happened is that I downloaded an opensource php application and set it up on a local xampp server on my XP machine. It ran fine, no problems.

So I then moved to my linux host environment, but none of the code executed initially.

so i looked into the code, and by replacing all the <? tags with <?php it started to execute.

Even after doing this there are still parts of my code not executing on my hosts environment, e.g. <li><a href="<? echo $homeURL; ?>">Home</a></li>

even if i replace the <? with <?php it still won't execute.

I am using php5.2 in both environments.

can anyone help me with this? I guess there is some configuration different on the linux side, ideally I'd like the <? syntax to execute.


Thanks

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phil

What opensource PHP application is this? No PHP application should ever be distributed with the short tags <? variants.

The reason for this is that this mnemoic is also used in other places (most commonly XML).

However, if your host allows you to set configuration variables via .htaccess files, you should be able to change this for your site.

Create a .htaccess file and insert the setting:

php_value short_open_tag "On"

or

php_value short_open_tag 1

http://ie2.php.net/manual/en/ini.core.php

Phil.

louie

you give this example
[php]
$homeURL = "http://www.yourdomain.com";

<li><a href="<?php echo $homeURL; ?>">Home</a></li>

//but is $homeURL defined?
[/php]

Beta2

Thanks !!

; Allow the <? tag.  Otherwise, only <?php and <script> tags are recognized.
; NOTE: Using short tags should be avoided when developing applications or
; libraries that are meant for redistribution, or deployment on PHP
; servers which are not under your control, because short tags may not
; be supported on the target server. For portable, redistributable code,
; be sure not to use short tags.
short_open_tag = On

I changed this entry in the php.ini file, from off, to on.

I see what you mean about the code being distributed with short tags, I drop an email to the lads, its early days for this application.

Thanks for all your help

phil

Ah you control the server... I presumed you were on a shared hosting environment of some kind. Yes, changing that setting in php.ini is exactly the same (except of course it applies on a site-wide basis).

Phil.