Inline PHP getting converted to comment tags
<p>This is the most random thing I have ever seen, but when I print a variable in page using a simple method like:</p>

<pre><code>&lt;?= $appCnt ?&gt;
&lt;? echo $appCnt ?&gt;
</code></pre>

<p>It gets rendered as:</p>

<pre><code>&lt;!--?= $appCnt ?--&gt;
&lt;!--? echo $appCnt ?--&gt;
</code></pre>

<p>I have reinstalled PHP and the crazy thing is everywhere else on the page it is working fine. If I echo this before page load it renders fine, but I even have other stuff in page that is rendering properly.</p>

<p>If I do the following, it works but why on earth is that? </p>

<pre><code>&lt;?php echo $appCnt ?&gt;
</code></pre>

<p>Thanks for any help.</p>
