"meta description" tags and PHP

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hello… i just have a question about using

<meta name="description" content="Site Description Goes Here" />

this would work well when using a static html page… since the SE robots will get a chance to “crawl” the site and read the meta tags… (am i right??)

however, what if your index page is not “index.html” but rather “index.php”…
can search engines still pick up your site description?

for example, “index.php” would contain pure PHP code that would go something like

<?php

$typeOfPage = $_GET['tp'];

switch($typePage)
{
    case "home":
        setUpRegularPage();
        break;
        
    case "contact_us":
        setUpRegularPage();
        break;
        
    default:
        include("splash.php");
        break;
}

function setUpRegularPage()
{
    include("variable_definitions.php");
    global $typeOfPage;
    echo $htmlDeclaration;
    include("header.php");
    
        switch($typeOfPage)
        {
            case "home":
            include("home.php");
            break;
            
            case "contact_us":
            include("contact_us.php");
            break;
        }
        
    include("footer.php");
}

?>

the $htmlDeclaration variable contains the " <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC “-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN” “http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd”>
<html>
<head>
<title>Untitled Document</title>
<meta http-equiv=“Content-Type” content=“text/html; charset=iso-8859-1”>
<meta name=“description” content=“Site Description Goes Here” />
</head> etc… etc…"

are the search engine robots still going to find the site description?