From fdbbac840345f38251da1b7d3de64bb554c7704a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Gabor Hojtsy <goba@php.net>
Date: Tue, 27 Sep 2005 18:22:19 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] last PHP closing tag is not required:  - give an example  -
 give better reasons on when it might be helpful

git-svn-id: https://svn.php.net/repository/phpdoc/en/trunk@197095 c90b9560-bf6c-de11-be94-00142212c4b1
---
 language/basic-syntax.xml | 12 +++++++++---
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/language/basic-syntax.xml b/language/basic-syntax.xml
index 57185cd0fb..b4af17cff2 100644
--- a/language/basic-syntax.xml
+++ b/language/basic-syntax.xml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?>
-<!-- $Revision: 1.46 $ -->
+<!-- $Revision: 1.47 $ -->
  <chapter id="language.basic-syntax">
   <title>Basic syntax</title>
   <sect1 id="language.basic-syntax.phpmode">
@@ -145,14 +145,20 @@ if ($expression) {
 ?>
 
 <?php echo 'This is a test' ?>
+
+<?php echo 'We omitted the last closing tag';
 ]]>
      </programlisting>
     </informalexample>
     <note>
      <para>
       The closing tag of a PHP block at the end of a file is optional, 
-      and in some cases omitting it is helpful when using output buffering and 
-      <function>include</function> or <function>require</function>.
+      and in some cases omitting it is helpful when using <function>include</function>
+      or <function>require</function>, so unwanted whitespace will
+      not occur at the end of files, and you will still be able to add
+      headers to the response later. It is also handy if you use output
+      buffering, and would not like to see added unwanted whitespace
+      at the end of the parts generated by the included files. 
      </para>
     </note>
    </para>