Using <? instead of <?php

[lszanto]

I was just wondering if anybody could help me to change apache/wamp so it will accept <? as the opener of php instead of <?php.

thanks in advance, Luke.

[rolf]

In your php.ini you need to put:

short_open_tag = On

And, if you're working with XML, dont forget that <?xml version="1.0"?> is going to get interpreted, so avoid confusion by using:

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

Cheers,

Jae

[trq]

This is a bad idea as using <? will stop your code from working on alot of servers.

[PFMaBiSmAd]

The best fix for this is to edit your files to use the <?php form. PHP.net has the following recommendation -
[quote]; NOTE: Using short tags should be avoided when developing applications or
; libraries that are meant for redistribution, or deployment on PHP
; servers which are not under your control, because short tags may not
; be supported on the target server. For portable, redistributable code,
; be sure not to use short tags.[/quote]
Short open tags, like register_globals, was one of the lazy-way/short-cuts that caused more problems then it was worth.

If you still want or need to do this, either do what rolf suggested in the php.ini file or you can also do this with the following line in a .htaccess file -
[code]php_value short_open_tag on[/code]

[weknowtheworld]

Yes using short tag will create problems when you will change the server.. Hence, for good practice use full tag.  :)

[Draicone]

If you have problems converting, you can open all your files at once in a tabbed browsind text editor like Notepad++ and run one search and replace across all files.