Having issue on local wamp set up

[tony_sar]

I hardly think this has anything to do with your Wamp server .
looks like missing opening php tag <?php

as result php is not being parsed but being written as just a text .

[mdivk]

I hardly think this has anything to do with your Wamp server .
looks like missing opening php tag <?php

as result php is not being parsed but being written as just a text .

Thanks. I don't think it is caused by Wamp either.

Could you take a look at the following code which I believe is to generate the header (I retrieve this from tpl_header.php):

   <li><?php echo '<a href="' . HTTP_SERVER . DIR_WS_CATALOG . '">'; ?><?php echo HEADER_TITLE_CATALOG; ?></a> | </li>                                                                        
    <li><?php echo '<a href="' . zen_href_link(FILENAME_CONTACT_US) . '">'; ?><?php echo HEADER_TITLE_CONTACT_US; ?></a> | </li>
   <?php if ($_SESSION['customer_id']) { ?>
   <li><a href="<?php echo zen_href_link(FILENAME_LOGOFF, '', 'SSL'); ?>"><?php echo HEADER_TITLE_LOGOFF; ?></a> | </li>
   <li><a href="<?php echo zen_href_link(FILENAME_ACCOUNT, '', 'SSL'); ?>"><?php echo HEADER_TITLE_MY_ACCOUNT; ?></a> | </li>
<?php
  } else {
   if (STORE_STATUS == '0') {
?>
     <li><a href="<?php echo zen_href_link(FILENAME_LOGIN, '', 'SSL'); ?>"><?php echo HEADER_TITLE_LOGIN; ?></a> | </li>
    <?php } } ?>
  <li><img src="includes/templates/aberdeen_neutral/images/cart.jpg" class="cart-image" alt="the shopping cart" /><a href="<?php echo zen_href_link(FILENAME_SHOPPING_CART, '', 'NONSSL'); ?>"><?php echo HEADER_TITLE_CART_CONTENTS; ?> - <? echo $_SESSION['cart']->count_contents();?> item(s) - <? echo $currencies->format($_SESSION['cart']->show_total());?></a> | </li>
    <li><a href="<?php echo zen_href_link(FILENAME_CHECKOUT_SHIPPING, '', 'SSL'); ?>"><?php echo HEADER_TITLE_CHECKOUT; ?></a></li>
    <?php if ($_SESSION['cart']->count_contents() != 0) { ?>
   <?php }?>

[mdivk]

Here is the screenshot, thanks.

[DrByte]

<? echo $_SESSION['cart']->cou...

The use of "<?" instead of "<?php" is called "short open tags", and apparently your PHP installation is configured to NOT allow use of short-open-tags.

So, either change all the uses of <? to <?php EVERYWHERE or reconfigure your PHP settings (php.ini) to allow short open tags.

[rtwedt]

Cool...I had the same issue and this solved the problem....

I thought I read somewhere when I was setting up php to not allow short tags, because all modern code uses the long tags...is that the preferred configuration?

[DrByte]

Starting since PHP v5.3.x, which is the current version as of today, prevents the use of short-open-tags by default.

But the upcoming PHP 5.4, which is in release-candidate-testing phase, has allegedly turned the feature back on again by default.

You can see the details here: http://www.php.net/

As far as smart coding practice is concerned, one should generally be in the practice of using the longer tags. That's the most-compatible approach nowadays, and will be the best-practice until PHP 5.3 is no longer used on any servers anywhere ... probably a decade from now LOL