Hi @dj_judas21
Sorry for the delay. I didn’t get sent a notification email at the time of your post, so I only saw this bay chance today.
I’ve had a look through the codebase, and tested on a new installation, and was unable to replicate the issue.
However, the behaviour you’re describing seems consistent with having short-tags disabled in your php.ini
while using php < 5.4. Short tags are always enabled in php5.4 and later, and I suggest upgrading if you can.
Let me know if your PHP version is >= 5.4, and if so I’ll have to dig deeper for a fix