diff --git a/phpBB/admin/pagestart.inc b/phpBB/admin/pagestart.inc
index 4cf241444b..a5960ed494 100644
--- a/phpBB/admin/pagestart.inc
+++ b/phpBB/admin/pagestart.inc
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-<?
+<?php
 /***************************************************************************
  *                               pagestart.inc
  *                            -------------------
@@ -48,4 +48,4 @@ if ($no_page_header != TRUE)
 	include('page_header_admin.'.$phpEx);
 }
 
-?>
\ No newline at end of file
+?>
diff --git a/phpBB/develop/benchmark.php b/phpBB/develop/benchmark.php
index 7ef820f3a8..bbfb74052f 100644
--- a/phpBB/develop/benchmark.php
+++ b/phpBB/develop/benchmark.php
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-<?
+<?php
 include('../extension.inc');
 include('../config.'.$phpEx);
 include('../includes/constants.'.$phpEx);
@@ -41,22 +41,22 @@ Hello, welcome to this little phpBB Benchmarking script :)<p>
 
 At the moment there are:<br>
 <table>
-<tr><td align="right"><?=$nr_of_users?></td><td>Users</td></tr>
-<tr><td align="right"><?=$nr_of_topics?></td><td>Topics</td></tr>
-<tr><td align="right"><?=$nr_of_forums?></td><td>Forums</td></tr>
-<tr><td align="right"><?=$nr_of_posts?></td><td>Posts</td></tr>
+<tr><td align="right"><?php echo $nr_of_users?></td><td>Users</td></tr>
+<tr><td align="right"><?php echo $nr_of_topics?></td><td>Topics</td></tr>
+<tr><td align="right"><?php echo $nr_of_forums?></td><td>Forums</td></tr>
+<tr><td align="right"><?php echo $nr_of_posts?></td><td>Posts</td></tr>
 </table>
 <p>
 What do you want to create?<p>
 
-<form method="get" action="<?=$PHP_SELF?>">
+<form method="get" action="<?php echo $PHP_SELF?>">
 <input type="text" name="users" size="3"> Users<br>
 <input type="text" name="forums" size="3"> Forums/categories<br>
 <input type="text" name="posts" size="3"> Posts/topics (optional: post size in <input type="text" name="size" size="3"> bytes)<br>
 <input type="submit" name="submit">
 </form>
 
-    <?
+    <?php
 } else {
 
   
@@ -297,4 +297,4 @@ function get_userdata($username, $db) {
 }
 
   
-?>
\ No newline at end of file
+?>
diff --git a/phpBB/develop/convert_conf.php b/phpBB/develop/convert_conf.php
index 3e7fb0d606..0fbb27de5c 100644
--- a/phpBB/develop/convert_conf.php
+++ b/phpBB/develop/convert_conf.php
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-<?
+<?php
 
 $phpbb_root_path = "../";
 
diff --git a/phpBB/develop/convert_sigs.php b/phpBB/develop/convert_sigs.php
index 0ba2f22304..c55db263cf 100644
--- a/phpBB/develop/convert_sigs.php
+++ b/phpBB/develop/convert_sigs.php
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
-
-<?
+<?php
 
 $phpbb_root_path = "../";