Re: What does <?xml have to do with it?

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tedd wrote:
> Hi gang:
> 
> I have a small php routine to provide the user with a style choice. The
> working url is here:
> 
> http://php1.net/a1/david/
> 
> The simple code that allows style switching follows:
> 
> <?php session_start();
> $the_style = isset($_SESSION['the_style']) ? $_SESSION['the_style'] :
> 'style1';
> 
> if(isset($_GET['set']))
>    {
>    $set = $_GET['set'];
>    if($set == 'style1')
>       {
>       $the_style = 'style1.css';
>       }
>    else
>       {
>       $the_style = 'style2.css';
>       }
>    $_SESSION['the_style'] = $the_style;
>    }
> 
> $the_style = $_SESSION['the_style'];
> ?>
> 
> As you can see, the code works. However, if I add the following line IN
> THE HTML (i.e., after ?>):
> 
> <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?>
> 
> I receive a:
> 
> Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_STRING
> 
> What's up with that? Apparently the php interpreter is considering
> "<?xml" tag as a php declaration -- how do I turn that off? Or is this
> something else?
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> tedd
> 

short tags are enabled.  Disable them in your php.ini file and you will be good.

-- 
Jim Lucas

   "Some men are born to greatness, some achieve greatness,
       and some have greatness thrust upon them."

Twelfth Night, Act II, Scene V
    by William Shakespeare

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