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What in ditto is inserting this php comment into my file?

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    visim Reply #1, 17 years, 9 months ago
    I am doing the Google sitemaps as covered by the sticky and by the link at http://webbake.com/tutorials/modx-cms/google-sitemap-with-ditto

    I have it 99% there except that something in this ditto call is adding this line of code below to my xml file which prevents it from parsing. Any clue what is adding it? I’ve gone though every file, the TVs, the chunk, and the sitemap.xml file and nothing appears to be wrong. It works when viewing it live but on my local test server I get this code inserted.

    <?
// Use the following syntax $param = 'value';
?>


    This is the exact code I am using 

    <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<urlset xmlns="http://www.google.com/schemas/sitemap/0.84">
[[Ditto? &dateFormat=`%Y-%m-%d`&startID=`0`&tpl=`google_sitemap`&displayArchive=`0`&dateSource=`editedon`&summarize=`500` &total=`500`&sortBy=`createdon`&depth=`2`&showInMenuOnly=`1`&filter=`type,document,1`]]</urlset>



    Thanks for any help, this is driving me loco!
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      breezer Reply #2, 17 years, 9 months ago
      Looks like that code is found in the assets/snippets/ditto/configs/default.config.php - try removing that code from that file and see if it helps.
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        tkfm Reply #3, 17 years, 9 months ago
        I think the short open tag (<? ... ?>) of PHP is not enabled in your environment.
        So changing it to <?php ... ?> might work.
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          visim Reply #4, 17 years, 9 months ago
          Going to try both of those tomorrow.

          The short open tag item, that would be a part of my WAMPP installation on my server and not a part of MODx right?


          I’m glad it works on the live server but when testing its a little bit of a pain.


          Thanks
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            Jay Gilmore Reply #5, 17 years, 9 months ago
            Short open tags <? ?> vs <?php ?> is part of your php config and the default is to have it set to off on most installs as this can cause conflicts with XML. You have found the reason it is never recommended: it limits portability of code from environment to environment. <?php ?> will work on all environments but <? ?> and <% %> won’t necessarily and are there for convenience of the site owner when enabled.

            Cheers,

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              dev_cw Reply #6, 17 years, 9 months ago
              I recommend just getting in the habit of always using <?php ?>.
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                visim Reply #7, 17 years, 9 months ago
                Yeah I’ve always used <?php myself however in this file I didn’t add any php code, it was inserted it itself which is odd... Hopefully when I have a free sec today I’ll use your methods above and figure this sucker out.
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                  tkfm Reply #8, 17 years, 9 months ago
                  I think you are using somewhat older version of Ditto.
                  This problem is already fixed. (rev. 3377)