PHP not showing echo messages?

**Franjdea** · May 14th, 2010, 03:49 PM

Hey guys,

I've got a problem where my page, after you login, only displays normal HTML and not PHP code. Here is the code, I don't know what is wrong. Thank you.

Code:

<? 
session_start();

echo "This doesn't show either";

if(!session_is_registered(myusername)){
header("location:index.php");
}



?>

<html>
<body>
<p>Login Successful :D</p>
</body>
</html>

Thanks,

-Francis

**kows** · May 14th, 2010, 04:00 PM

view the source. I bet the source you get is everything you posted (PHP included, which shouldn't happen normally). your script is most likely not even being parsed. short tags are (possibly, I forget) deprecated -- but even if they aren't, they're sort of bad practice to use because not all servers enable short tags. thus, you should be using the full <?php opening tag.

**Zach_VB6** · May 28th, 2010, 11:41 AM

It depends on the short_open_tag setting in your php.ini. The idea of using a (long) tag is a very good idea as it gives your code portability to servers where short_open_tag is Off. Here's a way to check if short_open_tag is on or off:

PHP Code:


<?PHP
    echo 'Short-Tag usage is <strong>',(ini_get('short_open_tag') == 1 ? 'on.' : 'off.'),'</strong>';
?>

Alternatively, you can CTRL+F through phpinfo() for short_open_tag.

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