Why doesn't moved site correctly execute PHP script?

ssanchez

We've inherited a site which includes PHP files. In moving this site to a new Windows 2003 host server, we're getting the following error:

The .SHTML file includes a .PHP file that has the following line:
<a href="/letter.shtml" <? if( $_SERVER['PHP_SELF']=="/letter.shtml"){ ?>class=leftnavhighlight<? } else { ?>class=leftnav<? } ?>><font face="Arial" size="2"><b>Letter</b></font></a>

When the page is served, I get the following:
class=leftnavhighlightclass=leftnav>Letter

instead of the expected:
Letter (with the corresponding styles applied).

It is a Windows 2003 server with PHP enabled on the server. We simply moved the files into the root directory, but are getting the above error instead of the file formatting correctly.

What did we miss? Why is the server showing the style script instead of interpreting it?

drew010

try
<?php
instead of
<?

ssanchez

Thanks for the quick help. Unfortunately, that isn't the problem. The short form is enabled in my php.ini file.

Anything else I can try?

drew010

well i tried it on my end and it works as expected.
is the .shtml setup to parse php?

knford

I am not a server professional, so this may or may not be the answer...but why are the ?> and <? in the middle of your if and else statements?
{ ?>class=leftnavhighlight<? } else { ?>class=leftnav<? }
PHP will not parse anything not inside the <? ?> How about this :

{ echo "class=leftnavhighlight" } else { echo "class=leftnav" }

madwormer2

Lol, you can escape out of PHP to write stuff, and it will only be executed if it meets the if conditions that surround it, so that ISNT the problem.

knford

hey, sorry for trying to help. I've never coded like that and apparently I'm not at your level.