note 46877 deleted from language.basic-syntax.instruction-separation by tularis

Note Submitter: Chip ---- This is not correct - instructions are separated in php similarly to Perl and C (or Java), but not in exactly the same way. In C or Perl, semicolons are optional statement separators. A statement in C or Perl can be terminated with a semicolon, but it can also be terminated with a closing brace. For example, the following is valid (although useless) in both C and Perl: if (1) { 2 + 3 } In a language like Java, semicolons are required statement terminators, and must be included at the end of all statements. PHP is also this way - closing braces do not terminate statements. In Java and PHP, the above code must be written: if (1) { 2 + 3; } As stated in the text, PHP statements can also be terminated by the PHP closing tag (?>), which is PHP's own special exception to the semicolon rule.