endforeach in loops

Question

I use brackets when using foreach loops  What is endforeach for

User · Answer

It s the end statement for the alternative syntax   foreach   foo as  bar            endforeach    Useful to make code more readable if you re breaking out of PHP    lt  php foreach   foo as  bar      gt       lt div     gt                   lt  div gt   lt  php endforeach    gt

User · Answer

How about that    lt  php     while  items   array pop  lists            echo   lt ul gt            foreach  items as  item               echo   lt li gt  item lt  li gt                      echo   lt  ul gt            gt

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as an alternative syntax you can write foreach loops like so  foreach  arr as  item         do stuff endforeach    This type of syntax is typically used when php is being used as a templating language as such   lt  php foreach  arr as  item    gt       lt  --do stuff -- gt   lt  php endforeach    gt

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It s mainly so you can make start and end statements clearer when creating HTML in loops    lt table gt   lt   while   record   mysql fetch assoc  rs      gt       lt   if    record  deleted       gt           lt tr gt           lt   foreach   display fields as  field     gt               lt td gt  lt     record  field    gt  lt  td gt           lt   endforeach    gt           lt td gt           lt select name  action  onChange  submit  gt           lt   foreach   actions as  action     gt               lt option value   lt     action   gt   gt  lt     action   gt           lt   endforeach    gt           lt  td gt           lt  tr gt       lt   else    gt            lt tr gt  lt td colspan   lt    array count  display fields    gt   gt  lt i gt record  lt     record  id     gt  has been deleted lt  i gt  lt  td gt  lt  tr gt       lt   endif    gt   lt   endwhile    gt   lt  table gt    versus   lt table gt   lt   while   record   mysql fetch assoc  rs       gt       lt   if    record  deleted        gt           lt tr gt           lt   foreach   display fields as  field      gt               lt td gt  lt     record  field    gt  lt  td gt           lt       gt           lt td gt           lt select name  action  onChange  submit  gt           lt   foreach   actions as  action      gt               lt option value   lt     action   gt   gt  lt    action   gt           lt       gt           lt  td gt           lt  tr gt       lt     else     gt            lt tr gt  lt td colspan   lt    array count  display fields    gt   gt  lt i gt record  lt     record  id     gt  has been deleted lt  i gt  lt  td gt  lt  tr gt       lt       gt   lt       gt   lt  table gt    Hopefully my example is sufficient to demonstrate that once you have several layers of nested loops  and the indenting is thrown off by all the PHP open close tags and the contained HTML  and maybe you have to indent the HTML a certain way to get your page the way you want   the alternate syntax  endforeach  form can make things easier for your brain to parse   With the normal style  the closing   can be left on their own and make it hard to tell what they re actually closing

User · Answer

Using foreach      endforeach  does not only make things readable  it also makes least load for memory as introduced in PHP docs So for big apps  receiving many users this would be the best solution

User · Answer

It s just a different syntax   Instead of  foreach   a as  v                  You could write this   foreach   a as  v             endforeach    They will function exactly the same  it s just a matter of style    Personally I have never seen anyone use the second form

User · Answer

How about this    lt ul gt   lt  php while   items   array pop  lists       gt       lt ul gt       lt  php foreach   items as  item      gt           lt li gt  lt     item   gt  lt  li gt       lt  php        foreach    while   gt    We can still use the more widely-used braces and  at the same time  increase readability

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