php syntax question

[notbob]

Hello. Rank php newbie, here. I just setup my Slack 12 httpd to run php
based on advice I found in Linuxquestions. I finally got it working, but
the prob was not the config, which I had no prob with, but the syntax of a
simple php file. The test.php file given was:

<? phpinfo(); ?>

.....which didn't work. But, fooling around with some other expamples, I
noticed <?php ? syntax instead of just <? ?>. I added the "php":

<?php phpinfo(); ?>

.....and the test file worked just fine. So, what's the deal? Is there a
configuration I can make or does php5 (apache2) always require the "php" in
the tag?

thank you,
nb

[Rik Wasmus]

Re: php syntax question

On Sun, 18 May 2008 21:20:41 +0200, notbob <notbob@nothome .comwrote:

Hello. Rank php newbie, here. I just setup my Slack 12 httpd to run php
based on advice I found in Linuxquestions. I finally got it working, but
the prob was not the config, which I had no prob with, but the syntax of
a
simple php file. The test.php file given was:
>
<? phpinfo(); ?>
>
....which didn't work. But, fooling around with some other expamples, I
noticed <?php ? syntax instead of just <? ?>. I added the "php":
>
<?php phpinfo(); ?>
>
....and the test file worked just fine. So, what's the deal? Is there a
configuration I can make or does php5 (apache2) always require the "php"
in
the tag?

Search the manual for short_open_tags . And rather then enabling it (which
could cause trouble with XML, and make your script not work on a server
with it disabled), just change all your php tags to proper <?php.
--
Rik Wasmus
....spamrun finished

[Peter H. Coffin]

Re: php syntax question

On Sun, 18 May 2008 19:20:41 GMT, notbob wrote:

Hello. Rank php newbie, here. I just setup my Slack 12 httpd to run php
based on advice I found in Linuxquestions. I finally got it working, but
the prob was not the config, which I had no prob with, but the syntax of a
simple php file. The test.php file given was:
>
><? phpinfo(); ?>
>
....which didn't work. But, fooling around with some other expamples, I
noticed <?php ? syntax instead of just <? ?>. I added the "php":
>
><?php phpinfo(); ?>
>
....and the test file worked just fine. So, what's the deal? Is there a
configuration I can make or does php5 (apache2) always require the "php" in
the tag?

It's the configuration variable short_open_tag in the php.ini file.
Whether you want to turn it on or not is up to you but be aware that if
you're wirting things for placement in an environment where you may not
be in control of the php.ini (such as a hosted space), you may want to
discipline yourself to use the full open tag always.

--
41. Once my power is secure, I will destroy all those pesky time-travel
devices.
--Peter Anspach's list of things to do as an Evil Overlord

[larry@portcommodore.com]

Re: php syntax question

On May 18, 12:20 pm, notbob <not...@nothome .comwrote:

....and the test file worked just fine. So, what's the deal? Is there a
configuration I can make or does php5 (apache2) always require the "php" in
the tag?
>
thank you,
nb

<? ?can be just about any scripting language on a webserver (and if
it is IIS it could very well be ASP).

<?php ?can only be php

Use the longer tags and life will be good, and you will not have to
fix it later (IIRC PHP 6 will require long tags).

[notbob]

Re: php syntax question

On 2008-05-18, Peter H. Coffin <hellsop@ninehe lls.comwrote:

discipline yourself to use the full open tag always.

Thank you, Rik and Peter. I suspected something like that and so will leave
the config option be and use proper php syntax. I've been doing likewise
with html (no <p tags) and have noticed less problems. I'm finding it's
better to take the time up front than spend more time debugging.

nb

[Peter H. Coffin]

Re: php syntax question

On Sun, 18 May 2008 13:00:14 -0700 (PDT), larry@portcommo dore.com wrote:

On May 18, 12:20 pm, notbob <not...@nothome .comwrote:
>

>....and the test file worked just fine. So, what's the deal? Is there a
>configuratio n I can make or does php5 (apache2) always require the "php" in
>the tag?
>>
>thank you,
>nb

>
><? ?can be just about any scripting language on a webserver (and if
it is IIS it could very well be ASP).
>
><?php ?can only be php

Indeed, and there's little to nothing that I can think of that would
prevent a (im)properly configured webserver from parsing the same page
for multiple different script languages. It would be ... interesting to
write for if you knew which would be processed first, and a nightmare if
you didn't.

--
When you have a thermic lance, everything looks like hours of fun.
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