Alternative Syntax For Control Structures
PHP offers an alternative syntax using colons rather than the standard curly-brace syntax (of "{...}"). This syntax affects the following control structures: if, while, for, foreach, and switch. The syntax varies only slightly from the curly-brace syntax. In each case the opening brace ({) is replaced with a colon (:) and the close brace is replaced with endif;, endwhile;, endfor;, endforeach;, or endswitch;, respectively. Mixing syntax styles within the same control block is not supported. An example of the syntax for an if/elseif statement is as follows:
if (condition) : // code here elseif (condition) : // code here else : // code here endif;Read more about this topic: PHP Syntax And Semantics
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