$code getting parsed ?

[74corvette]

I'm stumped. (Using VB3.6.8)

I have this code:

<? $pollid="1"; include("poll.php"); ?>

That when ran by itself outside of VB (in a test.php file) will produce the results just fine.

However when inserted in one of my templates it does NOT produce an output and when I look at the source code(using IE) all I see is this:

<? ="1"; include("poll.php"); ?>
Like it parsed the $pollid

I have tried it on different templates in different places with no luck. No matter what template it's in, it will not output. How do I get my template to run the the full code and not parse it out so my poll will show ?

Please tell me this is easy...

Thanks everyone.

74