Question

PHP isn’t really my language of choice, that being said I remember seeing a php if being used something like this:

<?php 
    if (blah) { 
?>
        // loads of html and js that doesn't need to be escaped since we closed
        // the php already with "?>"
<?php
    }
?>

Or something like this. I don’t know what it’s called and googling php if doesn’t help.

What’s this technique called and what’s the correct syntax for it?

Answer 1

It can be used as you posted in the question, or like this (which I prefer):

<?php 
    if(blah):
?>
        // loads of html and js that doesn't need to be escaped since we closed
        // the php already with "?>"
<?php
    endif;
?>

This is most often seen on templates where you don’t do any logic, just simple if and loops like:

<?php foreach($something as $test): ?>
    <p><?php echo $test; ?></p>
<?php endforeach; ?>