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# if..endif syntax

The `alternative' way to write if/elseif/else statements, using if(); elseif(); else; endif; cannot be efficiently implemented without adding a large amount of complexity to the 3.0 parser. Because of this, the syntax has been changed:

Example A-5. Migration: old if..endif syntax
      1
      2 if ($foo);
      3     echo "yep\n";
      4 elseif ($bar);
      5     echo "almost\n";
      6 else;
      7     echo "nope\n";
      8 endif;
      9

Example A-6. Migration: new if..endif syntax
      1
      2 if ($foo):
      3     echo "yep\n";
      4 elseif ($bar):
      5     echo "almost\n";
      6 else:
      7     echo "nope\n";
      8 endif;
      9

Notice that the semicolons have been replaced by colons in all statements but the one terminating the expression (endif).

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