Why <? and not <?php

jray214 · Feb 5, 2003

I have been looking at some code and the person uses "<?" at times rather then "<?php"

Thanks for the explanation.

Jim

riffy · Feb 5, 2003

it's a setting issue, you can change whether you want <? or <?php to define php code

it's in the phpinfo.php page

planetsim · Feb 5, 2003

try its in the php.ini as short_tags
<? is used when on you can also use <?php
but if off it must be <?php

jray214 · Feb 6, 2003

Ah!

Thanks for the feedback

Jim

feldon23 · Feb 6, 2003

PHP is not the only scripting language that can use <?