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This is a quick tip for my front-end developer peeps and other wanna-be-coders like me....I have been seeing this "strange" <?php endif; ?> code in some code here in the forums and in some template files. <?php if ($a == 5): ?> <p>A is equal to 5</p> <?php endif; ?> //In the above example, the HTML block "A is equal to 5" is nested within an if statement written in the alternative syntax. The HTML block would be displayed only if $a is equal to 5. //The alternative syntax applies to else and elseif as well. I have largely ignored it until I read about it more and wow! I wish I knew about it earlier. Anyway, you might want to read up about it. In a nutshell, it makes mixing PHP and HTML much more friendly in some cases. It helps avoid echoing out a lot of HTML but instead gives you flexibility to just type them out normally... A few resources to help you understand the alternative syntax. http://php.net/manual/en/control-structures.alternative-syntax.php http://www.brian2000.com/php/understanding-alternative-syntax-for-control-structures-in-php/ http://www.stoimen.com/blog/2010/03/10/php-if-else-endif-statements/ http://www.trans4mind.com/personal_development/phpTutorial/controlStructures.htm http://stackoverflow.com/questions/564130/difference-between-if-and-if-endif http://stackoverflow.com/questions/6023418/when-do-i-use-if-endif-versus-if http://www.trans4mind.com/personal_development/phpTutorial/controlStructures.htm
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