Question

I have an issue with a PHP file that embeds some Javascript in the page. The JS is using the underscore templating engine, which happens to use ASP-style tags (<% ... %>) for output.

The client’s PHP configuration has the ASP-style tags enabled, which is breaking the file syntax.

Is there any kind of directive I can add at the top of the file, or any other trick to get the PHP processor to ignore these tags? I’m specifically looking for a way to do this without modifying php.ini. But if that’s the only way, please let me know.

Answer 1

Try this .htaccess file:

php_flag asp_tags off

And if you just want to disable the asp tags for just one file uses this rule here:

<files file-with-asp-syntax.php>
php_flag asp_tags off
</files>