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How can PHP be used to build HTML code compared to JavaScript?

PHP can be used to dynamically generate HTML code by embedding PHP code within HTML files. This allows for server-side processing of data and logic before the HTML is sent to the client's browser. In contrast, JavaScript is typically used to manipulate the HTML structure and content after the page has been loaded in the browser. To build HTML code using PHP, you can use PHP echo statements to output HTML elements, attributes, and values.

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<?php
// PHP code to build HTML code
$heading = "Hello, World!";
$paragraph = "This is a PHP-generated paragraph.";

echo "<h1>$heading</h1>";
echo "<p>$paragraph</p>";
?>