diff --git a/libraries/Config.class.php b/libraries/Config.class.php
index 83ed2169e..70219b3ac 100644
--- a/libraries/Config.class.php
+++ b/libraries/Config.class.php
@@ -381,10 +381,10 @@ class PMA_Config
         $old_error_reporting = error_reporting(0);
         if (function_exists('file_get_contents')) {
             $eval_result =
-                eval('?>' . trim(file_get_contents($this->getSource())));
+                eval('?' . '>' . trim(file_get_contents($this->getSource())));
         } else {
             $eval_result =
-                eval('?>' . trim(implode("\n", file($this->getSource()))));
+                eval('?' . '>' . trim(implode("\n", file($this->getSource()))));
         }
         error_reporting($old_error_reporting);