Php undefined error

I am using the following code in a html and it works fine.

<?php
echo '<a href="http://www.website.com">';
echo file_get_contents( "http://www.website.com/file.php");
echo '</a>';
?>

PHP:

Yet when I put it in wordpress with php enabled I get:

<?php echo=undefined '=undefined href="http://www.website.com"?>
'; echo file_get_contents( "http://www.website.com/file.php"); echo '
'; ?>

Code (markup):

Does anyone know what I am doing wrong?

 

Try This perhaps?
<?php
echo "<a href='http://www.website.com'>";
echo file_get_contents('http://www.website.com/file.php');
echo "</a>";
?>

 

Thank you, but I still get the same error. I think it just how wordpress handles php.

 

Are you trying to put this into a post ?

 

No in a sidebar. But I think wordpress just doesn't allow it and it needs an additional sidebar php plugin.