Issue with <? and <?php

[sanjaydsh]

I've a wierd problem. When I create a php file with the following:

<?
echo "Hello World";
?>

it does not work.

When I change it like below, it works.
<?php
echo "Hello World";
?>


IS there a way to make both work in xampp php? Please help/advise. Thank you!

[Sharley]

What version of XAMPP?

<?
echo "Hello World";
?>

This should not be used now and see the \xampp\php\php.ini file under short_open_tag section for the reason.

<?php
echo "Hello World";
?>

This is the correct method to use.

Short_open_tag set to On or Off or either depends now on the version of XAMPP you are using.

[sanjaydsh]

Awesome!!! Thank you, this change worked.

I agree, we are using "<?php" only, but there is a legacy application we inherited and it was not working. Now it worked. We'll try to update this on all the pages in future releases.

Thank you very much!