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March 9, 2013 23:09
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Justification of colon-style conditionals in PHP (as much as you can justify anything about PHP)
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| Bad: | |
| <html> | |
| <body> | |
| <p> | |
| Hello there, | |
| <?php if (!empty($name)) { ?> | |
| <?php echo $name; ?> | |
| <?php } else { ?> | |
| whoever | |
| <?php } ?> | |
| </p> | |
| </body> | |
| </html> | |
| Better: | |
| <html> | |
| <body> | |
| <p> | |
| Hello there, | |
| <?php if (!empty($name)): ?> | |
| <?php echo $name; ?> | |
| <?php else: ?> | |
| whoever | |
| <?php endif; ?> | |
| </p> | |
| </body> | |
| </html> | |
| I CAN'T BELIEVE I'M WRITING PHP AGAIN KILL ME NOW | |
| Anyway, the real reason is that PHP has some ERB envy | |
| <html> | |
| <body> | |
| <p> | |
| Hello there, | |
| <% if name.present? %> | |
| <%= name %> | |
| <% else %> | |
| whoever | |
| <% end %> | |
| </p> | |
| </body> | |
| </html> |
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