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every code is surrounded by angle brackets with question marks. its common in php because your code begins with <?php and then ends with ?>.
first were gonna display the paragraph "hello world!" using the echo function. echo means what you type is printed on the page.
open up a text software like notepad and type in the following:
<?php echo 'hello world!'; ?>
save the file as test_e.php. your result would be 'hello world!' printed on your page!!!
now lets talk about variables! each variable is represented by the dollar mark. example is shown below:
$webm = 'sion'; // 'sion' is the variable of $webm, meaning the name of this webmistress is sion and its ME!
say you want to add a site copyright with the year when you made your site and the current year to your footer. were going to use the echo function and a variable all together!
to do this simply copy+paste the following:
<?php
ㅤ$webm = "name"; // name of the webmaster/webmistress. the webmaster/webmistress is you!
ㅤ$y = "year"; // this is the year when you made your site
ㅤecho '© $y - date("Y") $webm';
?>
with this you will get the following result: © year - 2025 name!!!