nebiew help!

[cjay]

hi have cuurently installed wampserver(bundle of php, web server and mysql) and have installed a pre made script. the problem is that when i run the script it wont run properly. on going thorugh the details i have foun out that script is using this method to echo variables:
this does not work

<?=$VariableName?>

if changed to this it starts working

<? echo $VariableName?>

and this is not working on my server. and when i convert it back to "echo" it starts working my problem is that the scrip is a multi page script and it would take up hell of time to change to "echo" in all pages. i think i am missing some extension or something can anyone help me to get this problem fixed.

[Jack_McSlay]

look for your php.ini file on your wamp directory (c:\wamp\php I think) and set short_open_tags to on

[bradgrafelman]

Since short_tags has been deprecated for some time now (and removed altogether since PHP6), I would recommend you either a) change all instances of '<?' to '<?php' and '<?=' to '<? echo' in the scripts (if there are numerous PHP files, then you could easily make this an automated process), or b) look for a decent pre-made script (e.g. one written within the past couple of years at least).

[cjay]

thanx for yours help

[bradgrafelman]

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