[vc_row][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=”PHP Syntax”][vc_column_text]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 −[/vc_column_text][vc_custom_heading text=”Canonical PHP tags”][vc_column_text]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.[/vc_column_text][vc_custom_heading text=”Short-open (SGML-style) tags”][vc_column_text]Short or short-open tags look like this − <? ... ?> [/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]Short tags are, as one might expect, the shortest option You must do one of two things to…