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blade-no-else-condition

@else takes no condition: @else(...) is silently discarded and @else if(...) renders literal text. Use @elseif.
Package
Core
Category
Blade
Default severity
error by default
Auto-fix
Auto-fix available

as a dangerous fix. See Auto-fix.

#Why

Both misspellings of @elseif compile without a whisper of complaint, and each breaks differently:

@else($b)      ->  <?php else: ?>          arguments silently discarded;

                                           the branch ALWAYS renders



@else if($b)   ->  <?php else: ?> if($b)   compiles the @else, then leaves

                                           "if($b)" behind as page text

The first is the quiet one: the template reads as a conditional branch, the page renders it unconditionally, and nothing ever errors. The second at least leaves if($b) visible on the rendered page. Both mean @elseif($b).

#Examples

#Bad

@if($user->isAdmin())

    <p>Admin</p>

@else($user->isEditor())

    <p>Editor</p>

@endif

@if($status === 'active')

    <span>Active</span>

@else if($status === 'pending')

    <span>Pending</span>

@endif

#Good

@if($user->isAdmin())

    <p>Admin</p>

@elseif($user->isEditor())

    <p>Editor</p>

@else

    <p>Member</p>

@endif

{{-- Prose on the line after @else is just content --}}

@if($subscribed)

    <p>Thanks for subscribing.</p>

@else

    if you change your mind, subscribe any time.

@endif

#Auto-fix

@else($b) rewrites to @elseif($b). The fix is dangerous because the branch becomes conditional instead of always rendering. It runs only with --fix --dangerous.

{{-- before --}}

@else($user->isEditor())



{{-- after --}}

@elseif($user->isEditor())

The @else if(...) spelling gets no fix because the end of the intended condition cannot be determined. The diagnostic says what to write instead.

#Notes

  • @else if is reported only when if( follows @else on the same line; prose on the next line, or same-line text that is not if(...), never flags.
  • An @else carrying arguments is reported wherever it appears, including an orphaned one outside any @if block.

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