Seo & Php

[Kudose]

After hours of reading about Search Engine Optimization I have but one question.

Since the search engines read HTML and CSS only when indexing sites, then theoretically the following script SHOULD be indexed by a search engine.

<?
echo " ?> //here we end php
<font color="red" size="2">Hello Everybody!</font>
<? "; ?> //here we end the php output

So the search engine should be reading and indexing Hello Everybody!

I know that this following script would not be indexed.

<?
echo "Hello Everybody!";
?>

My questions is, would I be correct in thinking that the first script WOULD be read and indexed by search engines (even though I know it would rank last).

Thanks.

[Kudose]

I just realized the first script would make a parse error. Silly me, but I think you get the idea.

[onion2k]

They would both be indexed. The fact its PHP makes no difference whatsoever. If you view your page in a web browser and view the source.. thats what the search engine spider 'sees', what it indexes, and what users search through when they look for a search term.

PHP, ASP, CFM, Perl, whatever.. makes no difference at all. Think of the search engine as one of your users. What your users see, thats what the search engine sees.