PHP running on php-fpm question

I am not sure if it is the best place for me to ask this.

I am now exploring nginx + php-fpm as web server

I found that php files start with <? cannot run properly.

Yet, files are running properly if it starts with <?php

But a lot of files in the servers start with <?

So is there any way to solve the problem except change all the files?

Thanks!

 

go into php.ini and change short_tags = On or short_open_tags = On something like that

 

Or, just search / replace the <? with <?php so that the files work without the ugly <? short-code tags.

<? also gives you problems if you are presenting XML-content, and are not recommended. A search and replace on all files can be done automatically, on the server itself if you have shell access, and would permanently fix the problem.