How to enable PHP short tags?

Question

I have a web application on a Linux server which starts with

I needed to copy this application to a windows environment and everything is working

Answer 1

; Default Value: On
; Development Value: Off
; Production Value: Off
; http://php.net/short-open-tag
;short_open_tag=Off   <--Comment this out
; XAMPP for Linux is currently old fashioned
short_open_tag = On   <--Uncomment this