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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] While-else
From: pc@gafol.net (Paul Colomiets)

Pelle Ravn Rosfeldt wrote:
> Python & Perl already have this function. So why not PHP?
> It could be very useful in an SQL query, if it doesn't return anything.
>   

in Python else clause is executed if while is not ended by break. So it 
makes sense when you searching for something:

<?
$i = 1;
while ($i <= 10) {
    echo $i++;
    if($i == $j) {
	echo "Found";
	break;
    }
} else {
    echo "Not found!";
}
?>
It can't be easily written with if. But your case can be.

--
Regards,
  Paul.