php file with <? ?> tags in XAMPP [duplicate]

Answer 1

Set short_open_tag = on in your php.ini.

You could also use php_flag short_open_tag on on your .htaccess file.

However, you should use <?php as that cannot be disabled!

Answer 2

Don't do it man... <?php is guaranteed valid on any server running PHP. As a trade off for the extra 3 characters, you can omit the closing ?> ... see manual for details.

http://php.net/manual/en/language.basic-syntax.instruction-separation.php

Answer 3

You are searching for the short_open_tag directive ;-)

To indicate PHP it should accept <? ... ?> as valid PHP tags, you must put this in your php.ini file :

short_open_tag = On

Instead of what you currently have :

short_open_tag = Off

Notes :

• You can find out where your php.ini file is using phpinfo().
• Generally speaking, you should not use short open tags, as those can be disabled (you've just seen that)