php ignoring code after greater than sybmol

[dennis.mcknight]

new to php -- please help.

it seems like php is treating any '>' character as the end of my code
segment, even when it's embedded in a string, as shown

<?
$s="THIS IS MY TEST STRING";
?>

please advise -- it seems like something stupid. i'm running with PHP
5.1.4 + PECL on Apache 2.0.58.

thanks!

[Jerry Stuckle]

de*************@gmail.com wrote:

new to php -- please help.

it seems like php is treating any '>' character as the end of my code
segment, even when it's embedded in a string, as shown

<?
$s="THIS IS MY TEST STRING";
?>

please advise -- it seems like something stupid. i'm running with PHP
5.1.4 + PECL on Apache 2.0.58.

thanks!

Are you sure it's ignoring anything after the '>'? Or is in not working
because short tags is off?

Try using <?php to start your PHP code instead.

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[dennis.mcknight]

it was the short tags thing. i found it in php.ini.

thanks!!!
Jerry Stuckle wrote:

de*************@gmail.com wrote:

new to php -- please help.

it seems like php is treating any '>' character as the end of my code
segment, even when it's embedded in a string, as shown

<?
$s="THIS IS MY TEST STRING";
?>

please advise -- it seems like something stupid. i'm running with PHP
5.1.4 + PECL on Apache 2.0.58.

thanks!

Are you sure it's ignoring anything after the '>'? Or is in not working
because short tags is off?

Try using <?php to start your PHP code instead.

--
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Remove the "x" from my email address
Jerry Stuckle
JDS Computer Training Corp.
js*******@attglobal.net
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[Jerry Stuckle]

de*************@gmail.com wrote:

it was the short tags thing. i found it in php.ini.

thanks!!!
Jerry Stuckle wrote:

>>de*************@gmail.com wrote:

>>>new to php -- please help.

it seems like php is treating any '>' character as the end of my code
segment, even when it's embedded in a string, as shown

<?
$s="THIS IS MY TEST STRING";
?>

please advise -- it seems like something stupid. i'm running with PHP
5.1.4 + PECL on Apache 2.0.58.

thanks!

Are you sure it's ignoring anything after the '>'? Or is in not working
because short tags is off?

Try using <?php to start your PHP code instead.

--
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Remove the "x" from my email address
Jerry Stuckle
JDS Computer Training Corp.
js*******@attglobal.net
==================

NP.

It's not a good idea to run with short tags on. For one thing, it will
conflict with XML code.

Also, please don't top post. This group uses bottom posting as a standard.

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[raedmsh]

also you should use &gt; instead of specially in xhtml pages