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The alternative syntax consists in changing the opening brace ({) to a colon (:) and each closing brace to its respective closing function: endif;, endfor;, endforeach;, endwhile; and endswitch;.

Closing functions list

opens if ([parameters]):

closes endif;

opens for ([parameters]):

closes endfor;

opens foreach ([parameters]):

closes endforeach;

opens while ([parameters]):

closes endwhile;

opens switch ([value]):

closes endswitch;