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PHP

BRAEDEN PLEIN
BRAEDEN PLEIN
16,234 Points
Posted by BRAEDEN PLEIN
BRAEDEN PLEIN
16,234 Points

Why add the individual PHP tags?

I'm a little confused as to why you added individual php tags to each line. Can someone explain what this does, and where else this technique could be used?

https://teamtreehouse.com/library/enhancing-a-simple-php-application/paginating-a-list-model-and-view/introducing-while-loops

Chris Shaw
Chris Shaw
26,676 Points
Chris Shaw
Chris Shaw
26,676 Points

Hi BRAEDEN PLEIN,

Could you please post the link to the video in question as without it we have no clue what you're referring to.

1 Answer

thomascawthorn
thomascawthorn
22,986 Points

Hey,

As with most things, it comes down to what you find most readable. But also what other people would find most readable. For me, if executing a loop within a block of html, I would open and close php tags where possible similar to Randy.

It also depends how much dynamic content their is too. For example, if your'e hiding/showing loads of things based on the results of an array, a huge quantity of open/close php blocks with long if statements may not be so nice to look at. In this case, I would create my content dynamically.

Arguably, opening and closing php blocks might reduce the load on the server because php has to understand less 'stuff' in the page. I'm not convinced it makes enough of a difference to worry about. Something to google write a blog post on!

Hope this helps,

Tom