Issue with running Dolphin 7 on a production server

I'm wondering how many files we would have to update to change short_open_tag = Off. This presents a security risk and is not advised by many.  Actually also disabling readfile function is advised but we're unable to run flashaps if we do this.

I'm not aware of any security risks, but it's not recommended to use short open tags, because it's bad form, and requires servers running the script to have the directive enabled.

You'll have to run a find-and-replace utility for "<?" and replace all occurences with "<?php".