Bug 72700

Summary:	PHP scripts no longer run after updating PHP
Product:	[Retired] Red Hat Linux	Reporter:	john.l.villalovos
Component:	php	Assignee:	Phil Copeland <copeland>
Status:	CLOSED CURRENTRELEASE	QA Contact:	David Lawrence <dkl>
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Priority:	medium
Version:	7.3	CC:	fmonkey
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Description john.l.villalovos 2002-08-26 18:58:26 UTC

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Description of problem:
I updated PHP to php-4.1.2-7.3.3 on Red Hat 7.3.  Now, none of the *.php files
will execute as PHP files on my web pages.  I have looked at for a while and I
don't have a clue why this is happening.  It has happenned on more than one
system running Red Hat 7.3

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):


How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Create an index.php file in a web server directory
2. Go to the corresponding URL.
3. PHP does not run :(
	

Additional info:

Comment 1 Phil Copeland 2002-08-26 19:34:40 UTC

I'm fairly certain they won't run because they use the
<?
...
?>

syntax as opposed the to the correct
<?php
...
?>
syntax

edit /etc/php.ini
look for

; Allow the <? tag.  Otherwise, only <?php and <script> tags are recognized.
short_open_tag = On

and change that to off and they should get you back to where you were before

Strictly speaking your scripts should open/close with <?php ... ?>

Phil
=--=

Comment 2 john.l.villalovos 2002-08-26 19:39:07 UTC

Woo hoo!  That was it.  Thanks for the help on that.

Comment 3 Adam H. Pendleton 2003-01-07 16:42:17 UTC

While it may be correct in the technical sense, there are many, many PHP 
packages which use the "<?" syntax as opposed to "<?php".  Since this setting 
has been back-ported to 7.3 and also affects all 8.0 systems, wouldn't it be a 
better idea to leave the option on, considering the plethera of PHP packages 
that are now effectively broken because of this setting?  There has been quite 
a bit of confusion about this setting on the mailing lists, as well as many of 
customers complaining about PHP no longer working on their systems.  Being 
pedantic doesn't seem to be a good reason to cause as much damage as this 
change does.

Comment 4 Joe Orton 2003-01-07 16:46:06 UTC

Yes - the short_open_tag default has been changed back to "On" in the Phoebe
beta release.