else Statement - PHP - P25

Else statements execute when the if statement's condition evaluates to false. Remember, the expressions inside of the if statement can only execute when the conditional expression evaluates to true. 

The else keyword is appended right after the closing curly brace of the if statement.

$exercised = false;

if ( $exercised ) {
echo "You're being healthy.";
} else {
echo "Crickets";
}

When the programmer chooses to omit the curly braces from the if statement because of a single line expression, the else keyword is appended immediately below the expression that's inside the if-statement body.

$best_tv_show_in_2020 = "Upload";

if ( $best_tv_show_in_2020 == "Upload" )
echo "It's Upload alright";
else
echo "The best show is actually The Good Place";

If you have a vendetta against curly braces, and you need to list multiple expressions inside of the else body, you can use the if:/else:/endif syntax.

$use_colons = false;

if ( $use_colons ):
echo "You are using colons";
echo "Not good.";
else:
echo "Still kinda using colons";
echo "Still not good";
endif;

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