note 65621 added to control-structures.else

I am new to this language. It seems to me that only the semicolon ';' is required, the brackets '{}' are not if there is only one statement. The code segment below would be legal. <?php if ($a > $b) echo "a is bigger than b"; else echo "a is NOT bigger than b"; ?> ---- Server IP: 66.163.161.117 Probable Submitter: 64.115.76.106 ---- X-Spam-Status: No, hits=3.1 required=5.0 tests=DATE_MISSING,FROM_NO_LOWER autolearn=no version=2.64 ---- Manual Page -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/control-structures.else.php Edit -- http://master.php.net/note/edit/65621 Del: integrated -- http://master.php.net/note/delete/65621/integrated Del: useless -- http://master.php.net/note/delete/65621/useless Del: bad code -- http://master.php.net/note/delete/65621/bad+code Del: spam -- http://master.php.net/note/delete/65621/spam Del: non-english -- http://master.php.net/note/delete/65621/non-english Del: in docs -- http://master.php.net/note/delete/65621/in+docs Del: other reasons-- http://master.php.net/note/delete/65621 Reject -- http://master.php.net/note/reject/65621 Search -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php