WampServer

I teach HS students PHP and Mysql. In the past I have run the same script in either Wampserver mode or full install mode (On different machines). Obviously, I suggest the students run Wampserver. I was recently giving a lesson on Forms and PHP/HTML embedding. The below statement will work correctly on Full Install mode but not on the latest Wampserver:

<P>The result of the calculation is: <? echo "$result"; ?></p>

With Wamp, all I get is.. The result of the calculation is:

I suspect that it may run it on an older version of Wampserver, since I didn’t encounter this problem last year. I am trying to locate such. It is not a browser problem, since I have tried it on IE7, IE6 and Firefox.

Also, intermittently, header: location redirection will not run.

I am certain it is something trivial.. a php.ini setting, any help you can give me will be greatly appreciated.



Best regards,
Joseph R. Connell

use full tag <?php instead short <?

Well, I feel like a real idiot, resolving my own post!

I was bouncing through some threads and noticed a similar post that was fixed, simply but using the full tag <?PHP as opposed to <?.

Now I wonder if there is a PHP.INI setting I could change or perhaps the powers at Wampserver would allow for shortcuts in future releases.



Best regards,
Joseph R. Connell

Hi Joseph, there is an INI setting, in your PHP.INI file change "short_open_tag = off" to on. Have fun.