Thanks for that Jason (and so quick!). I agree it's ugly, but I can see it being 
useful occasionally.

Euan

-----Original Message-----
From: Jason Murray [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: 17 April 2001 12:38
To: 'Greig, Euan'; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: RE: [PHP] Is this kind of code safe?


> <?php
> $test="b";
> if ($test=="a"):
> ?>
>    value is a
> <?php
> else:
> ?>
>    value is not a
> <?php
> endif;
> ?>
> 
> It seems to work, ie it outputs different text depending on 
> the value of $test. But is it safe, can I rely on this 
> behaviour? 

Yes can rely on it, but I just think it's somewhat ugly. If I'm combing
through a file looking for outputs, stepping through multiple ?> and <?php
tags is very annoying.

Jason


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