Having issue on local wamp set up

[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