is it possible to make the HAML pre-proccessor ignore for I.E. <?= $test ?> and just print it out as it is? To then turn the HTML file into a PHP file to be used as a template.
If using code in page with .html extension then it will directly shown the PHP code as it is.
But for .php file, htmlentities can be used. For example:
echo htmlentities('<?= $test ?>');