I have the following code:
<?php$selectbox->display();?>
which is not too much nice, but runs well on Ubuntu PHP 7.0.3-1+deb.sury.org~vivid+1 (mod_php)
On my uberspace with PHP 7.0.3 (FCGI) I get the error
mod_fcgid: stderr: PHP Parse error: syntax error,
unexpected '$selectbox' (T_VARIABLE)
Why could this be?
Just asking out of curiosity - the fix itself is simple of course.
The issue is not due to different system. It depends on php configuration in php.ini file. In this case it depends on the short_open tag.
Maybe short_open is set to On in php.ini at uberspace, so after <? it will be considered as php starts and take the php(after <?) as constant. Therefore it will throw error for $selectbox. You can try with following debugging for confirm that its an actual problem of short_open.
1) Set short_open to Off. In php.ini change following line
short_open_tag = On
to
short_open_tag = Off
2) Or, Remove php after <? If you don't want to change php configuration
<?$selectbox->display();?>
