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<? ?> tags not working in php 5.3.1

I usually use shorthand syntax

 <?="hello";?>

instead of

 <?php echo "hello";?>

I created a development server and installed same version of php but shorthand method doesn’t work, why? how can I fix it?

I would ask this on the server site, but this is related to a php setting or something I believe.

I’m running linux fedora 14

Answer 1

You need to enable the short_open_tag option in the configuration file php.ini (probably in /etc/). As you have discovered, short tags are disabled by default.

Edit: and yes, as @Sebastian P points out, this has been asked before.