PHP If, Else and Elseif

PHP Tutorial » PHP If, Else and Elseif

What does PHP If, Else and Elseif do?

The conditional if, else and elseif statement is used to execute a block of statements based on the particular condition.

Different types of ‘if..else elseif’ statements can be used in PHP for implementing conditional statements.

In PHP we have a few statements that you can use to make decisions as:

• if statement
• if...else statement
• if...elseif....else statement

Syntax if Statement:

Syntax if...else Statement:

Syntax if...elseif...else Statement:

if statement executes some code if until one condition is true.

<?php 

$numbr=38; 

if($numbr<70){ 

echo "$numbr is less than 70"; 

} 

?>

Output: 38 is less than 70

Related subjects:
PHP syntax What is an array PHP variabl Array to comma separated

Tags: php if statement, php if else html, php if else shorthand, php if/else inline, <? php else: ?>, php if else without brackets, php if multiple conditions, php if not, ternary operator
php if in array, if file exists, if not, multiple conditions, and, or

if...else statement executes some code if a condition is true and another code if that condition is false.

<?php 

$numbr=38; 

if($numbr<70){ 

echo "$numbr is less than 70"; 

} 

else {

echo "$numbr is greater than 70";

}

?>
      

To see the result of the PHP code above please click Execute

The if ... elseif ... else statement executes different codes for more than two conditions.

<?php 

$numbr=38; 

if($numbr<70){ 

echo "$numbr is less than 70"; 

} 

elseif ($numbr > "70") {

echo "$numbr is greater than 70";

} else {

echo "$numbr is equal 70";

}

?>