PHP is displaying my source code?

Question

I just upgraded to php5.3 and when I execute:

php myfile.php

I see the source code for myfile.php.

Any idea why this is happening? I've never seen anything like it before!

Executing sounds like he is using the php cli. So there is not server involved. — whatnick
– whatnick, Commented Oct 15, 2009 at 6:23

Matt · Accepted Answer · 2009-10-15 06:37:22Z

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In 5.3

short_open_tag

is disabled by default. So if you use

<? ?>

instead of

<?php ?>

it can cause issues in the future (provided you just re enable the flag in php.ini). From what I have read they are still debating removal from 6.

answered Oct 15, 2009 at 6:37

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Bart van Heukelom Over a year ago

I sure hope they won't remove them from 6. They are so convenient when writing templates.

Pascal MARTIN · Accepted Answer · 2009-10-15 06:35:09Z

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Are you sure you didn't forget the opening PHP tag at the begining of the file ?

ie :

<?php
echo "hello, world!";

(Note I used "full" open tags ; ie "<?php", and not short open tags "<?" -- maybe you used short open tags, and those are disabled ? If I remember correctly, they are disabled by default, in PHP 5.3)

and not :

echo "hello, world!";

(If that doesn't help : can you post a short code sample that reproduces the problem ?)

answered Oct 15, 2009 at 6:35

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