From: m. <[address removed]>
Subject: Re: [php-49] Using colon instead of curly-braces { } with conditionals
To: [address removed]
Date: Thursday, March 19, 2009, 6:01 PM

As expressed in the comments the colon syntax best fits when mixing HTML and PHP and control strucutres.

I don't know if this is the most efficient way to do this but I often use:

<?php if($some_array){ foreach($array as $k => $v): ?>

<div>

  <h1>some title</h1>

  <p><?php echo $k?>: <?php echo $v?></p>

</div>

<?php endforeach;}?>

(wow that was a pain to tap out on an iPhone)

  
On Mar 19, 2009, at 5:43 PM, David Malouf <[address removed]> wrote:

Came across this blog entry and it got me wondering... http://www.codediesel.com/php/the-benefits-of-the-colon-syntax-for-control-structures/ The premise of the article is that when code gets big and nested, using curly-braces can get troublesome.  Instead, PHP can handle a colon followed by an END__ For example:     if ($something == 'true') :         $aBunchOfCodeHere = 'yes';     endif; Using NetBeans (like Eclipse and I'm assuming other IDEs) means I can 'see' what conditional/line each closing-curly-brace  }   is associated with. Since I'm curious, though, I'm wondering if there is ever a time when any of y'all use the colon method? David

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