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Subject: Re: alternative syntax for do...while
From: redeye@erisx.de (Red Wingate)

Marc Richards wrote:

> I guess this is too late for 5.0, and I feel like there is bound to be
> opposition, but this has been bugging me for a while, so I figured I
> would ask.
> 
> I use the alternative syntax for control structures almost exclusively
> within my HTML code but I have to revert to braces for do...while. Why
> can't we do this?
> 
> 
> <? do: ?>
> <tr>
>     <td><?= $s_array['name'] ?></td>
>     <td><?= $s_array['classyear'] ?></td>
>     <td><?= $s_array['status'] ?></td>
> </tr>
> <? while ($s_array = mysql_fetch_array($search_results): ?>
> <? enddowhile ?>
> 
> 
> It is a little cumbersome, but at least I can keep my syntax consistent.
>   Are there parser related problems?
> 
> 
> Marc

<?php do { ?>
<tr>
     <td><?= $s_array['name'] ?></td>
     <td><?= $s_array['classyear'] ?></td>
     <td><?= $s_array['status'] ?></td>
</tr>
<?php } while ($s_array = mysql_fetch_array($search_results); ?>

is much shorter, ain't it ?