No need for short tags, all tags are correct. <?php etc etc.
He is running the code via a sub folder in htdocs.
Check the url link he is using.
http://localhost/FTSP-V2/
The local host default folder for Xampp is the the htdocs folder.
He will have created another folder in there called FTSP-V2.
And placed all the source code in there.
Making the FTSP-V2 folder - the root folder,
instead of the htdocs folder.
So all directory settings and calls to any images, style sheets etc etc.
Will not work because they are not set up for a sub folder.