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 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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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