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+<h1>Alternate PHP Syntax for View Files</h1>
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+<p>If you do not utilize Code Igniter's <a href="../libraries/parser.html">template engine</a>, you'll be using pure PHP
+in your View files. To minimize the PHP code in these files, and to make it easier to identify the code blocks it is recommended that you use PHPs alternative
+syntax for control structures and echo statements. If you are not familiar with this syntax, it allows you to eliminate the braces from your code,
+and eliminate "echo" statements.</p>
+
+<h2>Alternative Echos</h2>
+
+<p>Normally to echo, or print out a variable you would do this:</p>
+
+<code><?php echo $variable; ?></code>
+
+<p>With the alternative syntax you can instead do it this way:</p>
+
+<code><?=$variable?></code>
+
+<p class="important"><strong>Note:</strong> If you find that the syntax described in this page does not work on your server it might
+be that "short tags" are disabled in your PHP ini file.</p>
+
+
+<h2>Alternative Control Structures</h2>
+
+<p>Controls structures, like <var>if</var>, <var>for</var>, <var>foreach</var>, and <var>while</var> can be
+written in a simplified format as well. Here is an example using foreach:</p>
+
+<code>
+<ul><br />
+<br />
+<var><?php foreach($todo as $item): ?></var><br />
+<br />
+<li><var><?=$item?></var></li><br />
+<br />
+<var><?php endforeach ?></var><br />
+<br />
+</ul></code>
+
+<p>Notice that there are no braces. Instead, the end brace is replaced with <var>endforeach</var>.
+Each of the control structures listed above has a similar closing syntax:
+<var>endif</var>, <var>endfor</var>, <var>endforeach</var>, and <var>endwhile</var></p>
+
+<p>Also notice that instead of using a semicolon after each structure (except the last one), there is a colon. This is
+important!</p>
+
+<p>Here is another example, using if/elseif/else. Notice the colons:</p>
+
+
+<code><var><?php if ($username == 'sally'): ?></var><br />
+<br />
+ <h3>Hi Sally</h3><br />
+<br />
+<var><?php elseif ($username == 'joe'): ?></var><br />
+<br />
+ <h3>Hi Joe</h3><br />
+<br />
+<var><?php else: ?></var><br />
+<br />
+ <h3>Hi unknown user</h3><br />
+<br />
+<var><?php endif; ?></var></code>
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