&lt;?php vs. &lt;?

<?php vs. <?

I have just purchased a server form a hosting company that is having problems processing PHP

It seems that the server does not want to process any php code unless the opening tags have "php" after the <? opening tag

Example

-->Server Accepts <?php
-->Server Does Not Accept <?

where in php do I need to configure this so php will process without php after <? opening tag.

PHP 4.2.2
Redhat 8.0
APACHE
WEBMIN control panel

Thanks

If you can edit the php ini, find this line:

short_open_tag

If you change that to 'On', it should work.

or you can do this in a .htaccess file if you're running Apache:

php_value short_open_tag On