Difference between else if and elseif

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What is the difference between PHP conditions else if and elseif ...

<?php

....

else if($count == 4) {}

and

elseif($count == 4) {}

Is there any special case to use one or not? Thanks!!

possible duplicate of [Are “elseif” and “else if” completely synonymous?](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3662412/are-elseif-and-else-if-completely-synonymous) — NullPoiиteя, Jan 30 '13 at 16:49

score 8 · Accepted Answer · answered Jan 30 '13 at 16:22

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With curly braces, it makes no difference. When using a colon to define your conditions, 'else if' will fail due to parse error.

answered Jan 30 '13 at 16:22

PlantTheIdea

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else if equivalent to `else { if() {...} }` – NullPoiиteя Jan 30 '13 at 16:23
Don't downvote this guy, he's correct. Read the last note/example on the page he linked. – Sammitch Jan 30 '13 at 16:26
not from a performance standpoint. nesting your elseifs like that would be more taxing, but would also be less readable. – PlantTheIdea Jan 30 '13 at 16:26

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Jan 30 '13 at 16:24

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Logically they are exactly the same.

They may be interpreted differently by the parser which may result in very slight performance differences.

answered Jan 30 '13 at 16:24

Mitch Satchwell

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