Type the following lines and save them as a.php
<html>
<body>
<?
echo "hello world";
?>
</body>
</html>
ag99110011 0 Newbie Poster
Squidge 101 Newbie Poster
Yes, well done. Although that will only work if you have short tags enabled other wise you have to use <?php ?>
blacken3d 0 Newbie Poster
If you are using only <? for open PHP code you need to have enabled short open tag in your PHP config file.
diafol
Yes. In general you should avoid using short tags, including the short form of 'echo' (<?=).
@ ag
Can I ask why you posted this article?
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