short_open_tag

Cron still requires short_open_tag -> http://www.boonex.com/forums/#topic/video-not-processing-2014-09-23.htm

Should work without.

It should not require it. Check your current periodic/cron.php   Look at the top line. Should be <?php and not <?

If it's <?php then it does not need short open tag.

Yea, it souldn't require it but it does. 

Occurrences of short_open_tag:

Dolphin-v.7.1.4/inc/classes/BxDolAdminTools.php

Dolphin-v.7.1.4/install/index.php

Dolphin-v.7.1.4/modules/boonex/profiler/plugins/jush/jush.js

So yes, it needs to be fixed.

Ok. how about this question.

What is your current version of PHP. As the code is written, it only does that check on versions of php less than or equal to php 5.4. Any version above 5.4 it no longer checks.

Dolphin may be deliberately requiring it still so both dolphin 7.0 and 7.1 will still run on the same server. But considering dolphin 7.0 will not run on php 7.5, dolphin does not bother with the check as it is pointless.

So after review of the code, it seems logical the way they did it, so most likely not considered a bug.

 PHP: 5.3.29

I didn't dare to upgrade to 5.5 or 5.6 because I'm pretty sure dolphin will like it even less. Considering how bad updating is implemented in dolphin (at least they learned for U). Software always has to be current -> so many bad guys around.

Check how Apple is doing it. 1 month after release about 80% of the users have it installed.