php5 base64 decode problem

php parsing problem

[nshack31]

i have a php4 page which works fine using something similar to..

<? eval(base64_decode('JGdlbns=')); ?>

but when I run this using php5 rather than output the correct values it outputs the actual code..

"<? eval(base64_decode('JGdlbns=')); ?>"

can anybody help? thanks

[coopster]

It looks to me like your new server had short open tags turned off. Use the full tag, it's more portable anyway:

<?php

[penders]

It doesn't look as if you have short tags (<?...?>) enabled on your server for PHP5, so your code is not being parsed as PHP and consequently output to the browser. Either enable short_open_tag [uk2.php.net] in php.ini or use the long/regular form of the PHP open tag (<?php...?>).

<edit>*snap* ;)</edit>

[nshack31]

brilliant! thanks for your help