There isn't any difference, if your php.ini settings allow it (short_tags, I believe), you can use <? instead of <?php -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Sunday, September 09, 2001 2:43 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [PHP] difference between <?php and <? Hi, I am a newbie at this PHP thing and I have been working from information on the web and from books. I noticed that some start the PHP script with <? and some start with <?php. Actually I have noticed that one of the first PHP script in my book uses both methods interchangeably. Is there a real difference between the two? Or maybe I just haven't noticed something. Peter -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To contact the list administrators, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To contact the list administrators, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]