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scrambled PHP after installation from source

Added by Anonymous over 16 years ago

I just wanted to add a side note to the PHP installation: the dbemtools use so called short open tags, which are disabled by default on a new installation of PHP (v. 5.2.5) from source. The tags need to be enabled by setting:

short_open_tag = On

in your php.ini files, otherwise the pages will show scrambled versions of the PHP source. Apparently, this is only applicable for installation from source for new versions, since we had no problems with the old PHP installation (v. 5.0.4). You might want to add this to the installation notes or change the source of the dbemtools to use long tags, though; finding this problem took me about a day, checking and re-checking the httpd and php installations.

Cheers,

j.


Replies (2)

- Added by Anchi Cheng over 16 years ago

Hi, J.,

Thanks for the pointer. We've decided the easiest for now is to add the precaution in the installation notes.

Anchi

- Added by Anonymous over 16 years ago

great, thanks. i tried adding a note myself, but this didn't work.

justus

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