php version question

phil81

Hello
I just noticed that my provider is running PHP4.3.1

and I have here on my pc PHP4.2.2

which is the latest version.?

could this account for some problems that I have been seeing lately.
localy
<?
include("include/menu.php")
?>

WORKS FINE by my provider

but to make it work locally

i have to use
<?
php include("include/menu.php")
?>

What would you advise me to do here ?

thanks phil81

pyro

The latest version is PHP4.3.2.

The reason the you need to use <?PHP is because shorttags is apparently not turned on in you php.ini file. I always use <?PHP incase my scripts are used on a server without shortags enabled.

from php.ini
; 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

phil81

Thanks for the information this is a great way to learn..

I checked my php.ini file and indeed
I have
short_open_tag = Off

so that was it I gather that phpmyadmin or phpnuke has NO short tags !

thanks a lot
Phil

pyro

Originally posted by phil81
so that was it I gather that phpmyadmin or phpnuke has NO short tags !

I've never looked at the code for PHPMyAdmin or PHPNuke, but I'm sure they don't use short tags, global variables, etc...

phil81

Thanks
I need some more time to learn all this

thanks for your help

phil