Question

I have an app (CodeIgniter) that uses the

<?=$variable?>

syntax instead of

<?php echo $variable; ?>

and I would like for it to work on my local host. What is it that I need to enable in my php.ini file to do this?

Please note, I am not asking how to enable short_open_tag, but how to enable this in CodeIgniter.

Thanks in advance..

Answer 1

In CodeIgniter’s config.php:

/*
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------
| Rewrite PHP Short Tags
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------
|
| If your PHP installation does not have short tag support enabled CI
| can rewrite the tags on-the-fly, enabling you to utilize that syntax
| in your view files.  Options are TRUE or FALSE (boolean)
|
*/
$config['rewrite_short_tags'] = FALSE;

This will also mean that it isn’t host dependent.