<? and <?php

[matthew1471]

Hi,

I use wamp to develop locally on my laptop.

Sometimes when I use <? the php code is rendered onto the screen.

When I change it to <?php the php code executes fine.

Anyone know why this would happen?

 

[powell1]

http://www.wickedfire.com/design-development-programming/19140-quick-question-php-setting.html

 

[Juicify]

But you better not use <? because if you move over your site to a more restrictive host it may not work without having to change all <? to <?php.

 

[cashflowrusty]

When if you are using shortcuts like <?="Hello World"?> you can get screwed.

Do the right thing: <?php echo "Hello World"; ?>

 

[Onedollaridea]

yeh use <?php as php5 has safe mode on.