PHP - mysql - incorrect info showing on browser.

[roycrom]

Hi, hope somebody will be able to help me out on this as Im pretty stumped.

I've got this code
<code>
<? $section = &quot;Console Access&quot;; include ('include/auth.php');
include ('include/config.php');
include (&quot;include/database.php&quot;
include_once ('include/form.php');
include_once (&quot;include/top_header.php&quot;

DrawMatrixTableBegin(&quot;97%&quot;
DrawMatrixRowBegin();
DrawMatrixCustom(&quot;<strong>raXnet cacti (<a href=\&quot;about.php\&quot;>about</a>)</strong>&quot;
DrawMatrixRowEnd();
DrawMatrixTableEnd();

include_once (&quot;include/bottom_footer.php&quot; ?>
</code>

in my index.php so that is where the browser points to when I enter my base URL but the page just displays this text all on one line.

raXnet cacti (about)&quot; DrawMatrixRowEnd(); DrawMatrixTableEnd(); include_once (&quot;include/bottom_footer.php&quot; ?>

Which is the same as the bottom bit of code.

All the tags look correct and I have been looking at this for ages. I am running redhat linux 7.3 with apache 1.3.23,
php-4.1.2-7.4.6, mysql-3.23.49-3. ------------------------------------------
Thanx | your welcome !!

roycrom

 

[danielhozac]

Change <? to <?php.
By the way, PHP questions generally go in the PHP forum... //Daniel

 

[roycrom]

Oops sorry should have gone on php.

Did what you asked and that worked fine but on another machine I had stuff working with just the <? ?> tags and I've got a lot of files that would have needed changing. Forunately there is a line in php.ini that you can turn on and off to allow short tags so I turned that on instead. Thanks for your help tho it set me off on the right tracks ------------------------------------------
Thanx | your welcome !!

roycrom

 

[sleipnir214]

There is a PHP runtime configuration option &quot;short_open_tag&quot; which controls whether &quot;<?&quot; will work in place of &quot;<?php&quot;.

I've found that you're better off getting in the habit of using &quot;<?php&quot; all the time. It's more portable. ______________________________________________________________________
TANSTAAFL!