note 96469 added to control-structures.elseif

I recently ran into a block of code that had a else if statement in an unusual way. I was looking at the code and notice that the if statement was nested inside a else statement later in the code without the else being closed off. I haven't parse this code to see if it was correct. I just need to know if anybody else ran into the same problem and what's the best way to parse it correctly. The code itself has a lot of security measures for a user Here is the example: function user(){ if ($a){ do something if ($b){ do something if ($c){ do something } else { do something else if ($e){ //nested inside a else statement do something } else { do something else } } } else { do something else } } else { do something else } } I'm not a pro (yet) but is there something wrong with this or is there a better way to parse this ---- Server IP: 78.110.173.36 Probable Submitter: 32.134.204.38 ---- Manual Page -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/control-structures.elseif.php Edit -- https://master.php.net/note/edit/96469 Del: integrated -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/96469/integrated Del: useless -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/96469/useless Del: bad code -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/96469/bad+code Del: spam -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/96469/spam Del: non-english -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/96469/non-english Del: in docs -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/96469/in+docs Del: other reasons-- https://master.php.net/note/delete/96469 Reject -- https://master.php.net/note/reject/96469 Search -- https://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php