[Slynderdale]

nice hack, I fixed it slightly though to suit my needs:

PHP Code:

        if (substr_count($template,'?'.'>')>=1 or substr_count($template,'php?'.'>')>=1 or substr_count($template,'</php>')>=1) {
            while (preg_match("/(\<\?php|\<\?|\<php\>)(\r\n)*(.*)(\r\n)*(php\?"."\>|\?"."\>|\<\/php\>)/siU", $template, $matches)) {
                if ($parse_phpcode) {
                    preg_match_all("/\\$[a-zA-Z_\x7f-\xff][a-zA-Z0-9_\x7f-\xff]*/", $matches[3], $varnames);
                    $varnames = implode(", ", $varnames[0]);
                    if (!empty($varnames)) {
                        @eval("global $varnames;");
                    }
                    $eval_result = @eval(stripslashes($matches[3]));
                } else $eval_result = "";
                $template = str_replace($matches[0], $eval_result, $template);
            }
        } 


You can now use:
<? ?>
<?php php?>
<php></php>

and any combinations of them, such as:
<?php ?>

and so on.

Also now if you use return(stuff here); in the php script, it returns the data straight to the template itself. Like:
<?
$stuff = "stuff";
return $stuff;
?>

would return the $stuff varible right into the template for you.