define function not working

freephoneid

Hi,
Can any one tell me why define is not working below:

<?php
include("lang/default/macro.php");
?>

<html>
<head>
<title><?=title?></title>
</head>
<body>Hello World</body>
</html>

My macro file contains following:
<?php
define("title","I'm great");
?>

It prints title as "?=title?" rather than reading it from macro.php. However below code works fine:

<?php
include("lang/default/macro.php");
?>

<html>
<head>
<title><? echo constant("title"); ?></title>
</head>
<body>Hello World</body>
</html>

I want to use the macro using <?=title?> format. Can any one help me??

Thanks!!!

sneakyimp

You should use [/code] tag after your code and

 tag before in your post so that it formats the source code.

Since we don't know what's in macro.php, it's sort of hard to tell what your problem is.

NogDog

Does this work?

<title><?php echo title ?></title>

If it does, then the "problem" is that you are trying to use the "<?=" in a PHP environment where short_open_tag is not enabled. The best practices fix is not to turn that option on, since there is a rationale for having made the default setting "off." Rather, you should use the long tag and the "echo" as in the above example, making your code portable and forward-compatible with future releases of PHP which may not allow short_open_tag at all.