<div>
thanks for all the comments :)
</div>


<div>
Your welcome! &nbsp;Thanks for the fun question. &nbsp;I'm glad I could help. &nbsp;Thanks for the grade and points too.<br />
<br />
bol
</div>


Your welcome!  Thanks for the fun question.  I'm glad I could help.  Thanks for the grade and points too.

bol

<div>
<div class="content wysiwyg-content">
If I start my php scripts with<br />
--------------<br />
&lt;?<br />
--------------<br />
the browser shows the contents of php file and the web server doesn't execute the script.<br />
<br />
But if I start them with<br />
--------------<br />
&lt;?php<br />
--------------<br />
everything works perfectly and I receive the expected results.<br />
<br />
the site is running on a Windows Server 2003 with IIS6.0 and php5.2.3<br />
I believe there should be something wrong with settings of IIS6 or php.ini<br />
<br />
any kind of advice is much appreciated.<br />
<br />
<br />

</div>
</div>


If I start my php scripts with
--------------
<?
--------------
the browser shows the contents of php file and the web server doesn't execute the script.

But if I start them with
--------------
<?php
--------------
everything works perfectly and I receive the expected results.

the site is running on a Windows Server 2003 with IIS6.0 and php5.2.3
I believe there should be something wrong with settings of IIS6 or php.ini

any kind of advice is much appreciated.




problem with running php files

PHP is a widely-used server-side scripting language especially suited for web development, powering tens of millions of sites from Facebook to personal WordPress blogs. PHP is often paired with the MySQL relational database, but includes support for most other mainstream databases. By utilizing different Server APIs, PHP can work on many different web servers as a server-side scripting language.

IIS is Internet Information Services, the web server included with Windows Server operating systems. All current versions are built on a modular architecture; modules can be added or removed individually so that those required for specific functionality are installed. The full installation of IIS includes HTTP, security, content, compression, caching, logging and diagnostics.