Can't use echo function in PHP on Ubuntu

Posted January 28, 2018
PHP Ubuntu 16.04

Just create my first droplet to Digital Ocean.

I have a Ubuntu 16.04.3 x64.

This is working:

<?= phpinfo(); ?>

This is not working:

<? echo phpinfo(); ?>

It just show in the inspect element tools: <? echo phpinfo(); ?>.

Do I missed something ?

Thanks.

frm514

Submit an answer

You can type!ref in this text area to quickly search our full set of tutorials, documentation & marketplace offerings and insert the link!

These answers are provided by our Community. If you find them useful, show some love by clicking the heart. If you run into issues leave a comment, or add your own answer to help others.

Ryan Quinn • February 2, 2018

It is possible that the default configuration disables <? but allows <?= and <?php

This can be changed by editing your php.ini file (in /etc/php5 or /etc/php7.0) so that it includes:

short_open_tag=On

App Platform: Run PHP apps without managing servers

With App Platform, you can:

Build, deploy, and scale apps and static sites by simply pointing to your GitHub repository
Let us manage the infrastructure, app runtimes, and other dependencies
Get started by building and deploying three static sites for free

How to set up my cloud/vps server using Ubuntu 12.04 LTS, Apache, MSQL, Phpmyadmin, PHP

Question

codeigniter PHP App on server. URL returns blank page

Question

App Platform: Run PHP apps without managing servers

With App Platform, you can:

Build, deploy, and scale apps and static sites by simply pointing to your GitHub repository
Let us manage the infrastructure, app runtimes, and other dependencies
Get started by building and deploying three static sites for free

Related

Question

Can't use echo function in PHP on Ubuntu

Related