if then statement

for the life of me I cannot figure out how to do the following: (below not correct syntax, just the idea) If x == 1 then show something else show this end Now I don't want it all in one PHP script. I need it so that in dreamweaver, when I open the document, I see the opening IF PHP tag then my text of "show something", then the ELSE tag, my text of "show this", then the END tag. Now I can do this with asp(which I'm familiar with), but I am having difficulties trying to figure out a similar way in php. Any ideas? Thanks!! -- tbo