Curly braces or colon-endif statements in PHP - which one provides better performance and code compatibility?

Question

I was looking through many snippets of code, and I have found that people can use the following two methods in an if statement:

Method 1:

Answer 1

This alternative syntax is in no way different than the, perhaps, more familiar syntax. Just don't mix the two. Similar syntax exists for while, for, foreach, and switch.

Typically you should choose your preferred syntax based upon readability, and your teams preference.

What really might throw you is when you begin to see "if statements" which misuse logical conjunction operators like the following:

isset( $value ) AND print( $value );