Re: Re: newbie question - php parsing

Thanks, it's now much more clear. I thought that html parts outside php tags were just dumped to output, no matter of if-else statements and other conditions. I was *definitely* wrong 2009/7/23 Peter Ford <pete@justcroft.com>: > In response to Sebastiano: > > There would be not much point in using something like PHP if it ignored the "if" > statements in the code! > What effectively happens in a PHP source file is that all the bits outside of > the <?php ?> tags are treated like an "echo" statement (except that it handles > quotes and stuff nicely) > > Your original code: > > <?php if (the_title('','',FALSE) != 'Home') { ?> > <h2 class="entry-header"><?php the_title(); ?></h2> > <?php } ?> > > can be read like: > > <?php > if (the_title('','',FALSE) != 'Home') { >    echo '<h2 class="entry-header">'; >    the_title(); >    echo '</h2>'; > } > ?> > > You might even find a small (but probably really, really, really small) > performance improvement if you wrote it that way, especially if it was in some > kind of loop. > Note that I prefer to keep HTML separate from PHP as much as possible because it > helps me to read it and helps my editor check my syntax and HTML structure better... > > > -- > Peter Ford                              phone: 01580 893333 > Developer                               fax:   01580 893399 > Justcroft International Ltd., Staplehurst, Kent