diff --git a/htdocs/core/lib/website.lib.php b/htdocs/core/lib/website.lib.php
index d27c4dac376..30edeac0d32 100644
--- a/htdocs/core/lib/website.lib.php
+++ b/htdocs/core/lib/website.lib.php
@@ -76,6 +76,9 @@ function dolStripPhpCode($str, $replacewith = '')
 function dolKeepOnlyPhpCode($str)
 {
 	$str = str_replace('<?=', '<?php', $str);
+	$str = str_replace('<?php', '__LTINTPHP__', $str);
+	$str = str_replace('<?', '<?php', $str);			// replace the short_open_tag. It is recommended to set this is Off in php.ini
+	$str = str_replace('__LTINTPHP__', '<?php', $str);
 
 	$newstr = '';
 
diff --git a/test/phpunit/WebsiteTest.php b/test/phpunit/WebsiteTest.php
index a0cbc5084c7..86d510ce8c8 100644
--- a/test/phpunit/WebsiteTest.php
+++ b/test/phpunit/WebsiteTest.php
@@ -226,4 +226,27 @@ class WebsiteTest extends PHPUnit\Framework\TestCase
 		print __METHOD__." result checkPHPCode=".$result."\n";
 		$this->assertEquals($result, 1, 'checkPHPCode did not detect the string was dangerous');
 	}
+
+	/**
+	 * testDolKeepOnlyPhpCode
+	 *
+	 * @return void
+	 */
+	public function testDolKeepOnlyPhpCode()
+	{
+		$s = 'HTML content <?php exec("eee"); ?> and more HTML content';
+		$result = dolKeepOnlyPhpCode($s);
+		print __METHOD__." result dolKeepOnlyPhpCode=".$result."\n";
+		$this->assertEquals('<?php exec("eee"); ?>', $result, 'dolKeepOnlyPhpCode did extract the correct string');
+
+		$s = 'HTML content <? exec("eee"); ?> and more HTML content';
+		$result = dolKeepOnlyPhpCode($s);
+		print __METHOD__." result dolKeepOnlyPhpCode=".$result."\n";
+		$this->assertEquals('<?php exec("eee"); ?>', $result, 'dolKeepOnlyPhpCode did extract the correct string');
+
+		$s = 'HTML content <?php test() <?php test2(); ?> and more HTML content';
+		$result = dolKeepOnlyPhpCode($s);
+		print __METHOD__." result dolKeepOnlyPhpCode=".$result."\n";
+		$this->assertEquals('<?php test() ?><?php test2(); ?>', $result, 'dolKeepOnlyPhpCode did extract the correct string');
+	}
 }