View not executing PHP code

[eluser]jayrulez[/eluser]
[quote author="HooJee" date="1248563896"]Oh yes! Silly me, how could I forget. BTW, I have noticed people do the following to get the base url:
<?=base_url?>

Whenever I try it I get a blank. It'll only work if I use echo. Do you know why this could be happening?[/quote]

for d same reason above