Req #26411 [Com]: while {} else {}

Edit report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=26411&edit=1 ID: 26411 Comment by: absimu at hotmail dot com Reported by: php at bellytime dot com Summary: while {} else {} Status: Open Type: Feature/Change Request Package: Scripting Engine problem Operating System: * PHP Version: * Block user comment: N Private report: N New Comment: I agree. I think a while () else () will make things easier. I was researching and found out that it doesnt exist yet. while($row = mysqli_fetch_assoc($result)) { } with al else I would fix it.. I am new in PHP,. I will try to find something to fix it. but if the while else is release in a new version that would be nice. Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2011-02-18 01:14:34] ijrbiz at gmail dot com Highly agreed, this request would be very practical for improved coding structure and follows logical language syntax nicely. function remove_items (&$arr, $needle) { while ($key = array_search($needle, $arr)) { unset( $arr[$key] ); } else return false; // No items present return true; // Item(s) removed } ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2010-12-19 13:08:30] trefighter2334 at aol dot com I'd love to see something like Python's while/else logic implemented in PHP. This logical construct would allow developers to define blocks of code in else {} that'd run upon a natural exit from the while(){} loop caused by said loop's condition becoming FALSE; however, the else {} would be skipped over if the loop exits unnaturally -- a la through a break statement or because of an exception. It is to die for on a semi-daily basis for me (in python)... but I'm not sure this is what the developers above (and their examples) have in mind or not. Either implementation would prove useful to me. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2008-04-09 07:51:11] ois at oisnot dot com try { foreach ($nullValue as $nothing) { echo 'valid input'; } else { //suppress notice echo 'null value'; } //or/and } catch (ExceptionObjectNotIterator $e) { //object doesnt implement Iterator echo $e->getMessage(); } ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2003-11-29 08:59:16] elmicha@php.net Yes, you're right, my code was wrong. Next try: $found = false; while ($row = mysql_fetch_assoc($result)) { $found = true; print 'Here is a result'; ... } if (!$found) { print 'No results found'; } The proposed while/else syntax is indeed a bit more elegant. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2003-11-26 17:21:53] helly@php.net Read again. Your code would always print 'No results found' while the intended change wouldn't. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ The remainder of the comments for this report are too long. To view the rest of the comments, please view the bug report online at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=26411 -- Edit this bug report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=26411&edit=1