Posted by Jerry Stuckle on 11/01/06 12:57

Sonnich wrote:
> this is probably an old topic:
>
> if(a==1)
> if(b==2)
> echo "a is 1 and b is 2";
> else
> // what happens here?
> echo "a is 1 and b is not 2";
>
> The question is, where the else will react too. Usually it should be
> the last if.
>
> In general I put {} around just to be sure.
>
> BR
> Sonnich
>

'else' clauses are always matched with the first unpaired 'if' preceding
them.

Using braces does make things clearer, though.

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