Magento layout and blockcode as plain text in template?

Question

I have setting up a linux machine based on ubuntu server and deployed an existing magento shop for locale testing purposes. Now I cleared cache /var/cache, change DB and url path settings and when I try to open the main shop site, I see several PHP or Layout instructions as plain text in frontend theme:

For Example (shown as text in quellcode viewed in frontend):

<!--?
$this--->removeLinkBlock('top-link-cart');
?&gt;

or

<!--? if($_product--->hasSpecialPrice()):
 $_price = $_product-&gt;getPrice();
 $_specialPrice = $_product-&gt;getSpecialPrice();
 $_priceDiff = round((100 - ($_specialPrice * 100 / $_price)) * 1);
 $_priceDiff = round($_price - $_specialPrice);
 endif; ?&gt;

phtml files are rendered correctly by php engine and I also checked CHMOD permissions. Anybody have an idea where can I solve this issue?

• Suresh Chikani: check .htacess file, i think something wrong with it
• Mike: Checked - I also tried to replace with original magento 1.9 htaccess - no change :S

Answer 1

Found solution - I must enable:

short_open_tag = On

On apache php.ini. I thought it was enabled by default.