PHP Echo shorthand is removing all forward slashes -

here section of code should add background image label, reason when start using <?= shorthand, of forward slashes being removed:

<label for="<?=$result_id?>_checkbox" id="<?=$result_id?>_label" style="background-image:url("<?=$img?>");" />

here code generates url:

$img = $_session['root_dir']."data/images/".$folder."/".$result_imageset."/".str_replace(" ", "%20", $result_jpg);

this $img variable generates:

http://localhost:1234/ppa/data/images/20140130/0/rmeuvh3.jpg

edit:

echo var_dump(ini_get('short_hand_tags'));

produces:

bool(false)

although, following works...

<div class="jpg"><?=$result_jpg?></div>

have @ source code of page being generated. works me, in sense forward slashes not removed.

however there problem code:

style="background-image:url("<?=$img?>");"

you have double quotes within double quotes. not work :)

you want instead

style="background-image:url('<?=$img?>');" <-- inner double quotes replaced single quotes.

other code renders expected.

Test