Syntax in PHP

Escaping to PHP

The PHP parsing engine needs a way to differentiate PHP code from other elements in the page. The mechanism for doing so is known as 'escaping to PHP.' There are four ways to do this:

Canonical PHP tags

The most universally effective PHP tag style is:

    
        <?php...?>
    

If you use this style, you can be positive that your tags will always be correctly interpreted.

Short-open (SGML-style) tags

Short or short-open tags look like this:

    
        <?...?>