PHP is an embedded language because the PHP is embedded inside the html.
Because the parser will parse things incorrectly.
The brackets block the PHP code block because everything in the PHP code Block is parsed and returned as the programmer dtermined in the HTML stream sent to the client this never is the PHP CODE.
short quiz 2
How many code declaration blocks can be inserted in a PHP document?- as many as you want
Why does the PHP Group recommend that you use standard
PHP script delimiters to write PHP code declaration blocks?- they are the only method that is completely compliant with XML
3. What character or characters are used as delimiters to separate multiple arguments (parameters) in a function declaration or function call?- commas 
4. Describe the type of information that the phpinfo() function generates.- diagnostic information for the current PHP confi guration on the Web serve 
5. Identify the two types of comments available in PHP and indicate when each would be used.