PHP Alternative Control Structures, any drawbacks?

Question

I\'ve been working with PHP code that generates HTML without any templating, and it\'s quite spaghetti and difficult to read with the way they\'ve structured it. On

Answer 1

to answer directly: Yes, it is standard and portable and it isn't any slower. It is a simple alternative to the standard curly-brace syntax. Whether or not you choose to use it is up to you as a style choice.

Personally, having been taught and used c-style languages my whole programming career (thus far) i prefer the curly braces with a simple comment after the end of the } curly brace that tells you what it is ending.