wordpress doctype question?

Question

how can I code in the following code into a wordpress site without the code causing an error with the php coding thanks.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>

Answer 1

One way is to include it in the last line of your php file as

echo '<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>';

There's also probably a better way that someone will point out.

Answer 2

You can (depending on the server setup) try disabling PHP short tags. You can either do this in your .htaccess file by inserting this line:

php_value short_open_tag 0

Or by using the PHP ini_set function

ini_set ('short_open_tag', 0);