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><A
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><TT
CLASS="literal"
>if</TT
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>elseif</TT
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>Alternative syntax for control structures</A
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><TT
CLASS="literal"
>while</TT
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>do..while</TT
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>for</TT
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>switch</TT
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><TT
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>&#13;   Any PHP script is built out of a series of statements. A statement
   can be an assignment, a function call, a loop, a conditional
   statement of even a statement that does nothing (an empty
   statement). Statements usually end with a semicolon. In addition,
   statements can be grouped into a statement-group by encapsulating a
   group of statements with curly braces. A statement-group is a
   statement by itself as well. The various statement types are
   described in this chapter.
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>if</TT
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>&#13;    The <TT
CLASS="literal"
>if</TT
> construct is one of the most important
    features of many languages, PHP included.  It allows for
    conditional execution of code fragments.  PHP features an
    <TT
CLASS="literal"
>if</TT
> structure that is similar to that of C:
    <DIV
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>&#13;    As described in <A
HREF="language.expressions.html"
>the section about
    expressions</A
>, <TT
CLASS="replaceable"
><I
>expr</I
></TT
> is evaluated to its
    Boolean value.  If <TT
CLASS="replaceable"
><I
>expr</I
></TT
> evaluates to <TT
CLASS="constant"
><B
>TRUE</B
></TT
>,
   PHP will execute <TT
CLASS="replaceable"
><I
>statement</I
></TT
>, and if it evaluates
    to <TT
CLASS="constant"
><B
>FALSE</B
></TT
> - it'll ignore it. More information about what values evaluate
    to <TT
CLASS="constant"
><B
>FALSE</B
></TT
> can be found in the <A
HREF="language.types.boolean.html#language.types.boolean.casting"
>'Converting to boolean'</A
>
    section.
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>&#13;    The following example would display <TT
CLASS="computeroutput"
>a is bigger
    than b</TT
> if <TT
CLASS="replaceable"
><I
>$a</I
></TT
> is bigger
    than <TT
CLASS="replaceable"
><I
>$b</I
></TT
>:
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>if ($a &#62; $b)
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>&#13;    Often you'd want to have more than one statement to be executed
    conditionally.  Of course, there's no need to wrap each statement
    with an <TT
CLASS="literal"
>if</TT
> clause.  Instead, you can group
    several statements into a statement group.  For example, this code
    would display <TT
CLASS="computeroutput"
>a is bigger than b</TT
>
    if <TT
CLASS="replaceable"
><I
>$a</I
></TT
> is bigger than
    <TT
CLASS="replaceable"
><I
>$b</I
></TT
>, and would then assign the value of
    <TT
CLASS="replaceable"
><I
>$a</I
></TT
> into <TT
CLASS="replaceable"
><I
>$b</I
></TT
>:
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>if ($a &#62; $b) {
    print "a is bigger than b";
    $b = $a;
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>&#13;    <TT
CLASS="literal"
>If</TT
> statements can be nested indefinitely within other
    <TT
CLASS="literal"
>if</TT
> statements, which provides you with complete
    flexibility for conditional execution of the various parts of your
    program.
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