When PHP parses a file, it looks for opening and closing tags, which are and ?> which tell PHP to start and stop interpreting the code between them. Parsing in this manner allows PHP to be embedded in all sorts of different documents, as everything outside of a pair of opening and closing tags is ignored by the PHP parser. PHP includes a short echo tag which is a short-hand to the more verbose PHP also allows for short open tag (which is discouraged since it is only available if enabled using the short_open_tag php.ini configuration file directive, or if PHP was configured with the –enable-short-tags option). If a file contains only PHP code, it is preferable to omit…