RE: [PHP-DEV] Removing if: endif; syntax

On 05 February 2007 17:32, Brian Moon wrote: > Reading the array thread, someone mentioned having several ways of > doing things. One of their examples was the if: endif; syntax. > Forgive me if this has been discussed, but has anyone proposed > removing that for PHP6? Seems like the perfect time to do it. Its > not recommended. Editors that check PHP syntax warn about it. It > just seems like a no brainer. =) Please don't. I have several tens of thousands of lines of code using this syntax, and I really, really would not want to have to rewrite them into the less readable, less maintainable pure curly brackets form (which I hate with a passion!). Cheers! Mike --------------------------------------------------------------------- Mike Ford, Electronic Information Services Adviser, Learning Support Services, Learning & Information Services, JG125, James Graham Building, Leeds Metropolitan University, Headingley Campus, LEEDS, LS6 3QS, United Kingdom Email: m.ford@leedsmet.ac.uk Tel: +44 113 283 2600 extn 4730 Fax: +44 113 283 3211 To view the terms under which this email is distributed, please go to http://disclaimer.leedsmet.ac.uk/email.htm