<? phptext ?> ASP syntax ??

[Anon]

The ASP syntax
<? phptext ?> does not work under PHP4.
Is that it has been removed off or is it that its a part of my PHP problem(bug)

I have php4 apache1.3.12 and mysql3.22.32

duke.

[Anon]

<? phpcode ?>
It does work under php4

[Anon]

Stop kidding ....

i have php4.0.1pl2 with me and i wrote the following code...

<?php
echo ("Hello"); #this worked
?>

<? echo ("Hi there"); # this didnt work
?>

the first code worked fine the 2nd gave me the very same <? echo ("Hi there"); ?> in my output ie. my browser...

pls. make sure at your end...while i do that at mine.

duke

[Anon]

You know, replies like:
"It does work in PHP4"
aren't really helpful.

Anyway, Duke, go ahead and look in your php.ini file. there is a setting in there that allows you to use short tags like the ones you are trying to use. It must be turned off in your puter.

You can also write
<?= $variable ?>

as you do in asp with <%= $var %>

a look at mine:

;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;
; Language Options ;
;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;

engine = On ; Enable the PHP scripting language engine under Apache
short_open_tag = On ; allow the <? tag. otherwise, only <?php and <script> tags are recognized.
asp_tags = Off ; allow ASP-style <% %> tags
precision = 14 ; number of significant digits displayed in floating point numbers
y2k_compliance = Off ; whether to be year 2000 compliant (will cause problems with non y2k compliant browsers)
output_buffering = Off ; Output buffering allows you to send header lines (including cookies)