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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] While-else
From: andrew@bramp.freeserve.co.uk ("Andrew Brampton")

----- Original Message ----- 
> On Sat, April 28, 2007 1:03 pm, Pelle Ravn Rosfeldt wrote:
>> Is it possible to make a "while" with a "else"-statement in PHP6?
>> I know that it's not the first time this subject is up, but my
>> research
>> shows that a lot of people miss it. Including me.
>>
>> Here's an example of what I mean:
>> ---------------------
>> <?
>> $i = 1;
>> while ($i <= 10) {
>>     echo $i++;
>> } else {
>>     echo "The while couldn't be executed!";
>> }
>> ?>
>> ---------------------

I have wanted to use this kind of syntax a couple of times, for example:
<?php
while ($line = mysql_fetch_array(...)) {
    echo $line;
} else {
    echo 'Sorry no records';
}
?>

Otherwise I would write the above code as a while + a if.

However I'm unsure if this syntax should be put into PHP, but I thought I'll 
just post a example of when I would use it.

thanks
Andrew