what is the use of colon in php? why is colon ":" used in conditional operators and what do they stand for?

Asked Aug 28 '16 at 15:55

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I searched alot on the internet but couldnt find the use of : in php. Someone please explain this to me. Thanks

I have a statement like this

   $loop = new WP_Query( $args );
        while ( $loop->have_posts() ) : $loop->the_post();

and i want to understand what : is used for here.

edited Aug 28 '16 at 16:00

ndm

asked Aug 28 '16 at 15:55

Shahid Sarwar

It's the alternative syntax, [see](http://php.net/manual/en/control-structures.while.php) – Ekin Aug 28 '16 at 15:56
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@hanky-panky A better duplicate for this question might be http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2908095/what-is-in-php/2908114#2908114 – Sherif Aug 28 '16 at 15:58
Yeah that makes sense, didn't see that one before – Hanky Panky Aug 28 '16 at 15:59
alternative for what? could you please explain? – Shahid Sarwar Aug 28 '16 at 16:01
Alternative syntax to curly braces `while($loop->have_posts()) { $loop->the_post(); }` – Charlotte Dunois Aug 28 '16 at 16:09

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