Bug #65232 [Com]: error if "else" begins with a new php block

From: Date: Wed, 10 Jul 2013 10:35:26 +0000
Subject: Bug #65232 [Com]: error if "else" begins with a new php block
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 ID:                 65232
 Comment by:         me at rudi dot xxx
 Reported by:        nayana at corp-gems dot com
 Summary:            error if "else" begins with a new php block
 Status:             Open
 Type:               Bug
 Package:            *General Issues
 Operating System:   Any
 PHP Version:        Irrelevant
 Block user comment: N
 Private report:     N

 New Comment:

Source: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/17567868/error-if-else-begins-with-a-
new-php-block

I don't see this as an issue, though. If anything it's a good safeguard against 
even worse PHP code. I would fully expect to read this that the first if block is 
completed, and that the second is treated as new code entirely.

The only special context that should be retained between these open/close braces 
are those that hold an active meaning - for example the contents of an if block 
(anything within }).


Previous Comments:
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[2013-07-10 10:31:05] nayana at corp-gems dot com

Description:
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There is a parse error occurring if the "else" condition is placed in a new block. 
Is this the intended behavior. I was unable to locate documentation that describes 
this behavior. 

<?php if (true) { ?>
            Foo
<?php } ?>
<?php else { ?>
            Bar
<?php } ?>




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