'most correct' if statement syntax

[The Letter E]

I just had a curiosity that was bugging me and I'm unsure of how to google for the answer, so I thought I'd put it up to the test here.

 

I learned that when writing if statements in php the syntax is as follows:

if(condition){
    //Execute Code...
}else{
    //Execute Other Code...
}

 

However, I also see it written like so:

if(condition)
{
    //Execute Code...
}
else
{
    //Execute Other Code...
}

 

I thought that the later style was used for Javascript and the earlier for php. While they both work, I was wondering, which is more correct?

 

Thanks Everybody!

 

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[sstangle73]

the php manual has

if(){

 

}

 

http://php.net/manual/en/control-structures.if.php

but the commenters have both. I think it is probably just a preference for easibility to read

[Pikachu2000]

It's just a matter of preference. I find it easier to read code like this:

if( ) {
     //do something
} else {
     // so something else
}

[The Letter E]

For sure. You'd think that the manual would be "the way". I think it just gets shaky because line breaks aren't counted when the server processes the script, unless a \n is used, of course.

 

Thanks for the reply! If anyone else wants to chime in on this, I'm still curious to hear other peoples thoughts and/or relevant sources on this.

[QuickOldCar]

I also like it better like this. I seem to be able to find the end brackets better all being on the one line.

 

if ($condition) {
$do_something
} else {
$do_something_else
}

[PnzrDrgoon]

It's a standards thing really.  Both work exactly the same.  I come from a C background and prefer:

if($var <= $my_mom)
{
}
else
{
}

 

The biggest reason I prefer this way is because I can then easily match up the curly brackets so I know where each clause ends because they're on the same indentation level. 

[The Letter E]

I'm in the boat with  pikachu and the old car.

Now that you mention being from a C background it made me realize, that style I notice mostly in OO languages.

 

Maybe we can look forward to a shift in style now that PHP is OO as well...

[Philip]

I like to stick to the ZF coding standards as much as possible. http://framework.zend.com/manual/en/coding-standard.coding-style.html

 

Of course there are a few changes that I make myself, but yeah. Having a standard will help you out later when you come back to your code to fix/tweak it