PHP Tags

PHP is a powerful server-side language. In this lesson, we will cover PHP Tags.

Real code examples

<?php
// The standard PHP tags are recommended
echo "This is standard PHP.";
?>

<!-- Short tags (if enabled) -->
<? echo "This is a short tag"; ?>

<!-- Echo tags -->
<?= "This is an echo tag"; ?>

Common mistakes

Make sure you include the <?php tag when writing PHP!

Try It Yourself

You can experiment with this in the Playground.