
Originally Posted by
johnnyq
Very easy. One of the two files required (the first I believe) that I posted earlier starts with <? instead of <?php. <? is called a short open tag. Using these must be allowed in php.ini. That flag wasn't set in mine per default. Changing <? to <?php fixed the problem.
The reason why I'm bringing this up is that some people don't have access to their php.ini like on shared hosting programs. I don't see any reason why anybody would ever use <? instead of <?php because of exactly that reason.