Question

Are there any differences between…

if ($value) {  } 

…and…

if ($value):  endif; 

?

Answer 1

They are the same but the second one is great if you have MVC in your code and don’t want to have a lot of echos in your code. For example, in my .phtml files (Zend Framework) I will write something like this:

<?php if($this->value): ?> Hello <?php elseif($this->asd): ?> Your name is: <?= $this->name ?> <?php else: ?> You don't have a name. <?php endif; ?>