[RESOLVED] php code isn't running - pages appear blank

[paulhammen]

My issue is that my php code isn't working - it just gets ignored.

I'll start at the beginning and try to give as much detail as I can. I am running Windows XP SP2. In the past I was running Apache 1.3.26 with PHP 4.2.2 and everything was working great. I then decided it was time to upgrade Apache and PHP.
I upgraded Apache to 2.0.59 (I actually tried Apache 2.2.3 first but then found out it wasn't compatible with PHP 5.x) and PHP to (5.1.6). I installed Apache to "D:\Program Files\Apache Group\Apache2\" and PHP to "D:\php5.1.6\".

To start out with, I removed all of the php files that were in my "C:\Windows\System32\" directory from my old PHP 4.2.2 install.

Next, I got my Apache server running by adding the following lines to the httpd.conf:
LoadModule php5_module "D:/php5.1.6/php5apache2.dll"
PHPIniDir "D:/php5.1.6/"
AddType application/x-httpd-php .php .html
AddType application/x-httpd-php-source .phps
I also added "index.php" to the following line in my httpd.conf:
DirectoryIndex index.php index.html index.html.var

Next, I added “;D:\php5.1.6” to the end of my Path Environment System Variable.

Next, I added a new Environment System Variable called PHPRC with a Value of “D:\php5.1.6”.

Next, I made the following changes to my php.ini:
Changed {doc_root =} to {doc_root = D:\Program Files\Apache Group\Apache2\htdocs}
Changed {extension_dir = "./"} to {extension_dir = D:\php5.1.6\ext}
Changed upload_max_filesize from 2M to 100M (This is for my picture gallery I have)
Changed session.auto_start from 0 to 1 (From what I understand, this is so I don’t have to start the session in the php pages).

My website is www.paulandlori.com. If you click on the “Sheepshead Wagering” link you’ll see what I’m talking about with the php being ignored.

If any of this doesn’t make sense or I left something out please let me know.

Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!

[bradgrafelman]

Try using the full <?php ?> tags instead of the deprecated short-tags (<? ?>).

[paulhammen]

Changing my php tags from <? to <?php worked - sort of. It made some of my php work but not all of it. I don't remember exactly what was and what wasn't working, but I know my php pages weren't showing up like they did before I upgraded my php and apache. However, I did find a setting in my php.ini file called short_open_tag. Changing this from Off to On seems to have completely fixed my problem.
Thank you so much for your reply to my original post. Without your suggestion, I don't know how long it may have taken me to get my website working again.

[bradgrafelman]

paulhammen wrote:

Changing this from Off to On seems to have completely fixed my problem.

Sounds like you didn't change all of the tags to <?php, which is what I would recommend.

Either way, glad to hear you found the problem.

[paulhammen]

Actually, I know I changed all of the tags to "<?php" because I did a find/replace in all my files in the htdocs directory. Any other ideas why all of my php wouldn't work unless I turned short_open_tag on and changed all my tags back to "<?"?