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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] While-else
From: sean.bright@gmail.com ("Sean Bright")

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This fails the "Make PHP code easier to read" test I think.  But it passes
the "I'm a lazy programmer" test with flying colors! ;-)

I mean seriously, what real value does this add to the language?  Its just
syntactic sugar to save yourself a few keystrokes.

On 5/3/07, Andrew Brampton <andrew@bramp.freeserve.co.uk> wrote:
>
> ----- 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
>
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