Question mark equals, doesn't work on php

Question

this is my php code:

Hey!: 

It just prints \"Hey!:\" Whats wrong wi

Answer 1

Does your file end in .php and will it execute as php on your webserver? add

\n"; ?>

to your file to be sure. View source to see what happened to the php tags. Then maybe switch on short tags as the other answers told you to.