Req #70581 [NEW]: Else If Syntax

From: khaweronline at gmail dot com Operating system: All OS PHP version: Irrelevant Package: *General Issues Bug Type: Feature/Change Request Bug description:Else If Syntax Description: ------------ Syntax of "Else If" in all major languages like C, C++, C#, Javascript, Java etc is "Else If", but in PHP it is "Elseif", WHY? Current Syntax: if (expression) { Block of statements; } elseif(expression) { Block of statements; } else { Block of statements; } Expected Syntax: if (expression) { Block of statements; } else if(expression) // Else if instead of Elseif { Block of statements; } else { Block of statements; } -- Edit bug report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=70581&edit=1 -- Try a snapshot (PHP 5.4): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=70581&r=trysnapshot54 Try a snapshot (PHP 5.5): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=70581&r=trysnapshot55 Try a snapshot (trunk): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=70581&r=trysnapshottrunk Fixed in SVN: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=70581&r=fixed Fixed in release: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=70581&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=70581&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=70581&r=needscript Try newer version: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=70581&r=oldversion Not developer issue: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=70581&r=support Expected behavior: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=70581&r=notwrong Not enough info: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=70581&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=70581&r=submittedtwice register_globals: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=70581&r=globals PHP 4 support discontinued: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=70581&r=php4 Daylight Savings: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=70581&r=dst IIS Stability: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=70581&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=70581&r=gnused Floating point limitations: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=70581&r=float No Zend Extensions: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=70581&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=70581&r=mysqlcfg