Netbeans 7.4 PHP highlighting doesn't work for short tags

Question

In Netbeans 7.4, code like this:

<?php
    echo "some code here";
?>

is properly highlighted, however not like this:

<?
    echo "some code here";
?>

Is there somewhere I can tell Netbeans that <? is equivalent to <?php and should highlight as such?

Answer 1

Assuming 7.4 is the same as 7.3:

Right-click on your project in your Projects panel, and go to Properties. From there, tick the "Allow short tags" option and click OK.