How can PHP variables be properly set and accessed within HTML content?

To properly set and access PHP variables within HTML content, you can use PHP opening and closing tags within the HTML code. This allows you to directly embed PHP code within the HTML file and dynamically output variables. Simply enclose the PHP code within `<?php ?>` tags to set variables and then echo them within the HTML content.

&lt;?php
$name = &quot;John Doe&quot;;
?&gt;

&lt;!DOCTYPE html&gt;
&lt;html&gt;
&lt;head&gt;
    &lt;title&gt;PHP Variable Example&lt;/title&gt;
&lt;/head&gt;
&lt;body&gt;
    &lt;h1&gt;Welcome, &lt;?php echo $name; ?&gt;!&lt;/h1&gt;
&lt;/body&gt;
&lt;/html&gt;