note 71982 added to control-structures.elseif

The parser doesn't handle mixing alternative if syntaxes as reasonably as possible. The following is illegal (as it should be): <? if($a): echo $a; else { echo $c; } ?> This is also illegal (as it should be): <? if($a) { echo $a; } else: echo $c; endif; ?> But since the two alternative if syntaxes are not interchangeable, it's reasonable to expect that the parser wouldn't try matching else statements using one style to if statement using the alternative style. In other words, one would expect that this would work: <? if($a): echo $a; if($b) { echo $b; } else: echo $c; endif; ?> Instead of concluding that the else statement was intended to match the if($b) statement (and erroring out), the parser could match the else statement to the if($a) statement, which shares its syntax. While it's understandable that the PHP developers don't consider this a bug, or don't consider it a bug worth their time, jsimlo was right to point out that mixing alternative if syntaxes might lead to unexpected results. ---- Server IP: 64.71.164.2 Probable Submitter: 65.106.184.148 ---- Manual Page -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/control-structures.elseif.php Edit -- https://master.php.net/note/edit/71982 Del: integrated -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/71982/integrated Del: useless -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/71982/useless Del: bad code -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/71982/bad+code Del: spam -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/71982/spam Del: non-english -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/71982/non-english Del: in docs -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/71982/in+docs Del: other reasons-- https://master.php.net/note/delete/71982 Reject -- https://master.php.net/note/reject/71982 Search -- https://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php