note 52571 added to language.control-structures

It is not mandatory to use the parentheses in an if-statement. This is an if-statement on one line and it's perfectly valid code: <?php $a = "foo"; if ("foo" == $a) echo "bar"; ?> will output: "bar" ---- Manual Page -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/language.control-structures.php Edit -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=edit+52571 Delete: added to the manual -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+52571&report=yes&reason=added+to+the+manual Delete: bad code -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+52571&report=yes&reason=bad+code Delete: spam -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+52571&report=yes&reason=spam Delete: useless -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+52571&report=yes&reason=useless Delete: other reasons -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+52571&report=yes Reject -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=reject+52571&report=yes Search -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php