note 99083 added to language.basic-syntax.phpmode

When the documentation says that the PHP parser ignores everything outside the <?php ... ?> tags, it means literally EVERYTHING. Including things you normally wouldn't consider "valid", such as the following: <html><body> <p<?php if ($highlight): ?> class="highlight"<?php endif;?>>This is a paragraph.</p> </body></html> Notice how the PHP code is embedded in the middle of an HTML opening tag. The PHP parser doesn't care that it's in the middle of an opening tag, and doesn't require that it be closed. It also doesn't care that after the closing ?> tag is the end of the HTML opening tag. So, if $highlight is true, then the output will be: <html><body> <p class="highlight">This is a paragraph.</p> </body></html> Otherwise, it will be: <html><body> <p>This is a paragraph.</p> </body></html> Using this method, you can have HTML tags with optional attributes, depending on some PHP condition. Extremely flexible and useful! ---- Server IP: 69.147.83.197 Probable Submitter: 208.91.114.4 ---- Manual Page -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/language.basic-syntax.phpmode.php Edit -- https://master.php.net/note/edit/99083 Del: integrated -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/99083/integrated Del: useless -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/99083/useless Del: bad code -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/99083/bad+code Del: spam -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/99083/spam Del: non-english -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/99083/non-english Del: in docs -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/99083/in+docs Del: other reasons-- https://master.php.net/note/delete/99083 Reject -- https://master.php.net/note/reject/99083 Search -- https://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php