Title: php issue
Last modified: August 22, 2016

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# php issue

 *  Resolved [mariusonline](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mariusonline/)
 * (@mariusonline)
 * [11 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/php-issue-8/)
 * Ok so my current VPS provider is going out of business and I have to move my 
   site to another VPS.
    I have the following php codes in my site. `<a href="<?
   =get_permalink(74);?>">Breast Augmentation</a>` The code above works on my current
   VPS but not on the new one. If I change the code to the one bellow it does work
   on my new VPS. `<a href="<?php echo get_permalink(74);?>">Breast Augmentation
   </a>`
 * So, on the new VPS “<?=” does not work but “<?php echo” does
 * My question is why? Is there a PHP issue at hand here a minimum PHP version required.
   My new server is centos 6.5 and php version 5.3.3
    Or is there a PHP module i
   have missed to install? Any and all help is greatly appreciated.

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 *  [respectyoda](https://wordpress.org/support/users/respectyoda/)
 * (@respectyoda)
 * [11 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/php-issue-8/#post-5181427)
 * You should be using PHP 5.4 as that is the most recent minimum PHP version and`
   <?php` is required to start any PHP statement.
 *  [Dave Naylor](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wpranger/)
 * (@wpranger)
 * [11 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/php-issue-8/#post-5181441)
 * Did you have PHP _short open tag_s enabled on the old server but not on the new?
 * [http://php.net/manual/en/language.basic-syntax.phptags.php](http://php.net/manual/en/language.basic-syntax.phptags.php)
 *  [respectyoda](https://wordpress.org/support/users/respectyoda/)
 * (@respectyoda)
 * [11 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/php-issue-8/#post-5181518)
 * It is always best to do things WordPress’s way when constructing sites in WordPress.
   If you read WordPress.ORG’s [PHP Coding Standards Handbook](http://make.wordpress.org/core/handbook/coding-standards/php/),
   it will tell you to **never** use shorthand PHP tags and instead, use full PHP
   tags.
 *  Thread Starter [mariusonline](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mariusonline/)
 * (@mariusonline)
 * [11 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/php-issue-8/#post-5181609)
 * Guys, i cant thank you enough for all your input.
    Thank you. I did not construct
   the site. And I am new to wordpress and coding in php. But now I know about php
   shortcodes and how to enable them in the php.ini file. Thanks everybody for the
   fantastic quick response.

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