PHP works but not inside include file

[eluser]JHackamack[/eluser]
PHP has a short tags option:

Code:

<?php= or <?=

some newer php installations that I've come across have done away with it. In CI 2.0 you have the following in config.php:

Code:

/*
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------
| Rewrite PHP Short Tags
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------
|
| If your PHP installation does not have short tag support enabled CI
| can rewrite the tags on-the-fly, enabling you to utilize that syntax
| in your view files.  Options are TRUE or FALSE (boolean)
|
*/
$config['rewrite_short_tags'] = FALSE;

try changing it to TRUE and see if that helps you.