From 6d6899c5765ad5463fe46b46329567c0a80df598 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jeroen van Wolffelaar <jeroen@php.net>
Date: Tue, 26 Jun 2001 12:32:47 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Noted that alternative syntax is deprecated.

if:

  statements

else:
  bla

endif;


I read that somewhere, but don't recall where :(


git-svn-id: https://svn.php.net/repository/phpdoc/en/trunk@50215 c90b9560-bf6c-de11-be94-00142212c4b1
---
 language/control-structures.xml | 20 ++++++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/language/control-structures.xml b/language/control-structures.xml
index 8b46c0c24f..b8771d5297 100644
--- a/language/control-structures.xml
+++ b/language/control-structures.xml
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ if (expr)
     than <replaceable>$b</replaceable>:
     <informalexample>
      <programlisting role="php">
-if ($a > $b)
+if ($a &gt; $b)
     print "a is bigger than b";
      </programlisting>
     </informalexample>
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ if ($a > $b)
     <replaceable>$a</replaceable> into <replaceable>$b</replaceable>:
     <informalexample>
      <programlisting role="php">
-if ($a > $b) {
+if ($a &gt; $b) {
     print "a is bigger than b";
     $b = $a;
 }
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ if ($a > $b) {
     than b</computeroutput> otherwise:
     <informalexample>
      <programlisting role="php">
-if ($a > $b) {
+if ($a &gt; $b) {
     print "a is bigger than b";
 } else {
     print "a is NOT bigger than b";
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ if ($a > $b) {
     or <computeroutput>a is smaller than b</computeroutput>:
     <informalexample>
      <programlisting role="php">
-if ($a > $b) {
+if ($a &gt; $b) {
     print "a is bigger than b";
 } elseif ($a == $b) {
     print "a is equal to b";
@@ -152,6 +152,18 @@ if ($a > $b) {
  
   <sect1 id="control-structures.alternative-syntax">
    <title>Alternative syntax for control structures</title>
+   <para>
+    <warning>
+     <simpara>
+      Alternative syntax is deprecated as of PHP 4. Basically,
+      it just generates unreadable code, and it gets
+      very complicated when mixing it with the normal syntax.
+      Although there are no plans to break this syntax, it
+      cannot be ruled out that one day this will stop working.
+      You are warned.
+     </simpara>
+    </warning>
+   </para>
    <para>
     PHP offers an alternative syntax for some of its control
     structures; namely, <literal>if</literal>,