Alternative syntax in PHP (colon, endif, Endwhile, ENDfor)

We often see a lot of strange php syntax in a wordpress-like blog program template, such as:

The Empty

For a considerable part of the PHP enthusiasts have never seen, what are these things? Is it the blogging developer's own template language for PHP?

Non-also, in fact, these are PHP syntax, but not commonly used, these are PHP process control of the alternative syntax.

Here we give you a detailed talk about PHP Process Control alternative syntax. What's the alternative to grammar?

In short, it is some kind of grammatical alternative notation.

what syntax in PHP has an alternative syntax?

Process Control (including if, while, for, foreach, switch) has alternative syntax for several statements.

the basic form of alternative syntax:

The left curly brace ({) is replaced by a colon (:) and the right curly brace (}) is replaced by endif, Endwhile, ENDfor, Endforeach, and Endswitch;

Give me a list:

Less than 0

The above statement is equivalent to

Less than 0

Why is the pure PHP code almost invisible?

These grammars are a bit out of line with the C family tradition a bit different, people are not used to this grammar, and not very convenient

Everybody's not used to it, and what does he have to do with it?

Existence is reasonable, it is free of its usefulness, these grammars can play in the code of the PHP and HTML mixed pages. The benefits are as follows:

1. Make the HTML and PHP Mix page code cleaner and neater. A friend with code cleanliness is most afraid of a messy mix of code, with these no curly braces alternative syntax, you love clean friends happy to pee.

2. The Process control logic is clearer and the code is easier to read. To change someone else's PHP and HTML mixed code, open Find, I wipe! It's so damn rubbish! If you use the alternative syntax, I think the garbage program developers are not too messy to write.

3. Some friends from other basic language families, such as ASP, will be more likely to use PHP.

It's useless to talk for half a day, okay? How does this thing work?

The alternative syntax for the IF statement is used as follows, as described previously:

equals 5

equals 5

Either 5 or 6.

While substitution syntax:

Loop dot What

For substitution syntax:

Loop dot What

foreach substitution syntax:

Loop dot What

switch substitution syntax:
Switch ($i):
Case 0:
echo "I equals 0";
Break
Case 1:
echo "I equals 1";
Break
Case 2:
echo "I equals 2";
Break
Default
echo "I am not equal to 0, 1 or 2";
Endswitch;
?>

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