Why does Magento not use curly brackets to surround code blocks?

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As I check through Magento, they tend not to use starting and ending curly brackets (braces) in the code. For example generally we use { and } brackets in the code but in Magento, they are using : or endif.

Can you please let me know why they don't use curly brackets and what is the use of : and endif ?

Thanks in advance

This is a coding standard followed in magento for the phtml files. — Manashvi Birla, Aug 14 '15 at 10:17
Hello Muk, Is there any strong reason for using **endif;** condition ? — Vipul Jethva, Aug 14 '15 at 11:49

score 1 · Answer 1 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:31

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You should read this:

Difference between if () { } and if () : endif;

Is part of the coding standard but there isn't really a very clear advantage to it.

edited May 23 '17 at 12:31

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answered Aug 14 '15 at 10:39

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Hello claudiu.brand, Is there any strong reason for using **endif;** in place of **brackets** in the condition ? – Vipul Jethva Aug 14 '15 at 13:22

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Aug 15 '15 at 02:34

Generally, in Magento, if() statements (et.al.) will use curly brackets to surround code blocks in module code programming and libraries (files ending in .php) and will use the alternate syntax <?php if(): > <?php endif; > in .phtml files where you find PHP code interspersed with html code.

It's mostly a coding decision to separate html and php code for readability when you are writing templates.

Why does Magento not use curly brackets to surround code blocks?

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