Magento just displays PHP code content of a class and stops

Question

I have a strange issue where any page load attempts simply outputs a string of PHP code. When inspecting the source code, it reveals that it's actually the entire content of a class file as shown below. This happens on a particular server and for any page request.

The same code base and database works fine on my local environment. Any idea what might be doing this?

Answer 1

Looking at your code, the first thing that pops out is you're using a PHP short tag to start your PHP file

`<?`

You'll want to change that to

`<?php`

My guess if your server is setup with the short_open_tag ini set to false, which means <? will be interpreted as a regular bit of text.

Answer 2

Something about this old question just jumped out to me - in your screenshot you have created a Block which extends the Mage_Core_Block_Template class.

However, your block methods are named as actions, indicating that this may be controller code. Further, you're using loadLayout and renderLayout - both are methods that come from the Mage_Core_Controller_Varien_Action - again, controller code.

I believe that besides PHP short tags you likely have other issues here.

Hope that helps!