<? is not recognized as php only <?php is on my apache 1.3 server!!

[monomaniac21]

Hi all

Ive just installed php 5 on my Apache server and its not recognizing my
code when its written between <? ?only <?php ?will work. How can i
edit the httpd.conf file to allow this?

Kind regards

Marc

[Erwin Moller]

Re: &lt;? is not recognized as php only &lt;?php is on my apache 1.3 server!!

monomaniac21 wrote:

Hi all
>
Ive just installed php 5 on my Apache server and its not recognizing my
code when its written between <? ?only <?php ?will work. How can i
edit the httpd.conf file to allow this?
>
Kind regards
>
Marc

Hi

short_open_tags is disabled in your php.ini.
Enable it. :-)

Regards,
Erwin Moller

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Erwin Moller wrote:

short_open_tags is disabled in your php.ini.
Enable it. :-)

Better replace all ocurrences of "<?" to "<?php" - the short tag is
problematic if you start using doctypes.

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[monomaniac21]

Re: &lt;? is not recognized as php only &lt;?php is on my apache 1.3 server!!

In my php.ini.default file it says:

short_open_tag = On

Erwin Moller wrote:
>

short_open_tags is disabled in your php.ini.
Enable it. :-)

>

[Erwin Moller]

Re: &lt;? is not recognized as php only &lt;?php is on my apache 1.3 server!!

monomaniac21 wrote:

In my php.ini.default file it says:
>
short_open_tag = On

.....
That doesn't make sense. Should work.
Please doublecheck.
Are you are editting the right php.ini (the one phpinfo() says it is using)?
Be sure to restart apache.
What does phpinfo() say about short open tags?

Regards,
Erwin Moller

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>Erwin Moller wrote:
>>

short_open_tags is disabled in your php.ini.
Enable it. :-)

>>

[monomaniac21]

Re: &lt;? is not recognized as php only &lt;?php is on my apache 1.3 server!!

Thanks Erwin

Terminal was finding the wrong file! I should of checked phpinfo


Erwin Moller wrote:

monomaniac21 wrote:
>

In my php.ini.default file it says:

short_open_tag = On

>
....
That doesn't make sense. Should work.
Please doublecheck.
Are you are editting the right php.ini (the one phpinfo() says it is using)?
Be sure to restart apache.
What does phpinfo() say about short open tags?
>
Regards,
Erwin Moller
>

Erwin Moller wrote:
>
short_open_tags is disabled in your php.ini.
Enable it. :-)
>

[Erwin Moller]

Re: &lt;? is not recognized as php only &lt;?php is on my apache 1.3 server!!

monomaniac21 wrote:

Thanks Erwin
>
Terminal was finding the wrong file! I should of checked phpinfo

Good.

You are not the first, nor the last, that is editting the wrong php.ini
file.
Speaking from broad personal experience. ;-)
I even deleted/renamed all php.ini's on my systems so I have ONLY 1 left.

Regards,
Erwin Moller

>
>
Erwin Moller wrote:

>monomaniac21 wrote:
>>

In my php.ini.default file it says:
>
short_open_tag = On

>>
>....
>That doesn't make sense. Should work.
>Please doublecheck.
>Are you are editting the right php.ini (the one phpinfo() says it is
>using)? Be sure to restart apache.
>What does phpinfo() say about short open tags?
>>
>Regards,
>Erwin Moller
>>

>
>
>
>Erwin Moller wrote:
>>
short_open_tags is disabled in your php.ini.
Enable it. :-)
>>

[larry@portcommodore.com]

Re: &lt;? is not recognized as php only &lt;?php is on my apache 1.3 server!!

If you plan to share your code you should use <?php ?instead of just
short tags, you can't expect it to be the case on every server.

[Lord Sauron]

Re: &lt;? is not recognized as php only &lt;?php is on my apache 1.3 server!!

On Dec 18, 6:11 am, Erwin Moller
<since_humans_r ead_this_I_am_s pammed_too_m... @spamyourself.c omwrote:

monomaniac21 wrote:

Thanks Erwin

>

Terminal was finding the wrong file! I should of checked phpinfoGood.

>
You are not the first, nor the last, that is editting the wrong php.ini
file.
Speaking from broad personal experience. ;-)
I even deleted/renamed all php.ini's on my systems so I have ONLY 1 left.

A major problem I have is remembering to reload apache. I'll make a
whole mess of changes and then wonder why it isn't working, then I'll
reload apache and then I'll feel stupid.

This need to restart apache (sudo /etc/init.d/[apache|httpd] restart)
is something you need to do on Linux. I'm not sure about other
non-UNIX platforms.

[Toby Inkster]

Re: &lt;? is not recognized as php only &lt;?php is on my apache 1.3 server!!

Iván Sánchez Ortega wrote:

Better replace all ocurrences of "<?" to "<?php" - the short tag is
problematic if you start using doctypes.

You mean XML prologues, not Doctypes, surely?!

And the fix isn't very hard:

<?= '<?xml version="1.0"?> ' ?>

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[Erwin Moller]

Re: &lt;? is not recognized as php only &lt;?php is on my apache 1.3 server!!

Lord Sauron wrote:

On Dec 18, 6:11 am, Erwin Moller
<since_humans_r ead_this_I_am_s pammed_too_m... @spamyourself.c omwrote:

>monomaniac21 wrote:

Thanks Erwin

>>

Terminal was finding the wrong file! I should of checked phpinfoGood.

>>
>You are not the first, nor the last, that is editting the wrong php.ini
>file.
>Speaking from broad personal experience. ;-)
>I even deleted/renamed all php.ini's on my systems so I have ONLY 1 left.

>
A major problem I have is remembering to reload apache. I'll make a
whole mess of changes and then wonder why it isn't working, then I'll
reload apache and then I'll feel stupid.
>
This need to restart apache (sudo /etc/init.d/[apache|httpd] restart)

Hi,

One addition:
graceful is better. It leaves anything apache can think of operational.

sudo /etc/init.d/[apache|httpd] graceful

It sends a SIG (USR1 if memory serves me well) to apache, meaning in this
case to reload configuration.
On a development machine is makes no difference of course, but when you are
playing with your productionserve r, graceful safes you a few phonecalls.
;-)

Regards,
Erwin Moller

is something you need to do on Linux. I'm not sure about other
non-UNIX platforms.

[Erwin Moller]

Re: &lt;? is not recognized as php only &lt;?php is on my apache 1.3 server!!

larry@portcommo dore.com wrote:

If you plan to share your code you should use <?php ?instead of just
short tags, you can't expect it to be the case on every server.

Good advise, mainly because ini_set("short_ open_tags","On" ) won't do the
trick.

Regards,
Erwin Moller