Re: What does <?xml have to do with it?

tedd wrote: > Hi gang: > > I have a small php routine to provide the user with a style choice. The > working url is here: > > http://php1.net/a1/david/ > > The simple code that allows style switching follows: > > <?php session_start(); > $the_style = isset($_SESSION['the_style']) ? $_SESSION['the_style'] : > 'style1'; > > if(isset($_GET['set'])) > { > $set = $_GET['set']; > if($set == 'style1') > { > $the_style = 'style1.css'; > } > else > { > $the_style = 'style2.css'; > } > $_SESSION['the_style'] = $the_style; > } > > $the_style = $_SESSION['the_style']; > ?> > > As you can see, the code works. However, if I add the following line IN > THE HTML (i.e., after ?>): > > <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?> > > I receive a: > > Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_STRING > > What's up with that? Apparently the php interpreter is considering > "<?xml" tag as a php declaration -- how do I turn that off? Or is this > something else? > > Cheers, > > tedd > short tags are enabled. Disable them in your php.ini file and you will be good. -- Jim Lucas "Some men are born to greatness, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them." Twelfth Night, Act II, Scene V by William Shakespeare