Title: WP breaking PHP tags
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# WP breaking PHP tags

 *  [Bruno Augusto](https://wordpress.org/support/users/imaggens/)
 * (@imaggens)
 * [16 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wp-breaking-php-tags/)
 * Hi, this is my first post and I have a tiny and irritant problem.
 * In my blog I will (in the future, because it’s not ready yet) post PHP codes 
   and the PHP tags (<?php) are being “broken” by WordPress (I guess) or one of 
   various plugins.
 * The way of “break” is, after I publish a post, **<?php** is turned into **<? 
   php**,with a extra space added inside them.
 * I have a screenshot of all my plugins [here](http://img4.imageshack.us/img4/8969/pluginsz.png)
   but I don’t know the problematic plugin (if a plugin is the problem)
 * So, I’m sory for the English grammar and thank you in advance.

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 *  [iridiax](https://wordpress.org/support/users/iridiax/)
 * (@iridiax)
 * [16 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wp-breaking-php-tags/#post-1177142)
 * > runPHP Compatible up to: 2.2.1
 * Try a newer php plugin: [http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/search.php?q=php](http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/search.php?q=php)
 *  Thread Starter [Bruno Augusto](https://wordpress.org/support/users/imaggens/)
 * (@imaggens)
 * [16 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wp-breaking-php-tags/#post-1177438)
 * I tried. I change my choice to [PHP Exec](http://priyadi.net/archives/2005/03/02/wordpress-php-exec-plugin/).
 * I try to disable the [Syntax Highlight](http://www.lastengine.com/syntax-highlighter-wordpress-plugin)
   plugin too, but still adding the extra space.
 *  Thread Starter [Bruno Augusto](https://wordpress.org/support/users/imaggens/)
 * (@imaggens)
 * [16 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wp-breaking-php-tags/#post-1177439)
 * Well, I know I already post but I can’t see an edit button and/or feature.
 * The problem was solved uncheking the option, in Write Settings, that allow WP
   to fix incorrect XHTML tags

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## Tags

 * [break](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/break/)
 * [php tags](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/php-tags/)

 * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
 * 3 replies
 * 2 participants
 * Last reply from: [Bruno Augusto](https://wordpress.org/support/users/imaggens/)
 * Last activity: [16 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wp-breaking-php-tags/#post-1177439)
 * Status: not resolved

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