Title: header.php not using php
Last modified: August 21, 2016

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# header.php not using php

 *  [willcowd](https://wordpress.org/support/users/willcowd/)
 * (@willcowd)
 * [11 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/headerphp-not-using-php/)
 * Hi all
 * I’ve got an odd problem creating a custom theme.
    For some reason
 * `hello <?= world ?>`
    is being displayed as html `hello <?= world ?>`
 *  instead of
 * `hello world`
 * Any help would be much appreciated.
    Mark

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 *  [Michael](https://wordpress.org/support/users/alchymyth/)
 * (@alchymyth)
 * [11 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/headerphp-not-using-php/#post-5110723)
 * not all servers might be working with php shorttags;
 * try to use the standard php tags `<?php ....`
 *  Thread Starter [willcowd](https://wordpress.org/support/users/willcowd/)
 * (@willcowd)
 * [11 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/headerphp-not-using-php/#post-5110748)
 * Hi alcymyth
 * I’ve tried that with no luck I’m afraid.
 * Thanks
    Mark

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 * [custom](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/custom/)
 * [header](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/header/)

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 * Last reply from: [willcowd](https://wordpress.org/support/users/willcowd/)
 * Last activity: [11 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/headerphp-not-using-php/#post-5110748)
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