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1. /* Comment */
2. //Comment
3. #comment
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1. /* Comment */
2. //Comment
3. #comment
/**
* This function compiles a message that tells you how great coffee is
*
* @param string $compliment A nice word to describe coffee
* @param integer $score A score out of 10
*//*There are two types of comments:
1) Spans over multiple lines - Multiple-line comment
2) Spans over one line only - Sinlge-line comment
*/
/* There are two ways to write a single-line comment:
1) Using double slash
2) Using the hash tag
*/
// This is an example of single-line comment using double slash
# This is an example of single-line comment using hash tag
/*There is only one way of using multiple line comments, startin with the
slash and asterisk respectively, and ending with asterisk and slash
respectively */
it's perhaps not obvious to some, but the following code will cause a parse error! the ?> in //?> is not treated as commented text, this is a result of having to handle code on one line such as <?php echo 'something'; //comment ?>
<?php
if(1==1)
{
//?>
}
?>
i discovered this "anomally" when i commented out a line of code containing a regex which itself contained ?>, with the // style comment.
e.g. //preg_match('/^(?>c|b)at$/', 'cat', $matches);
will cause an error while commented! using /**/ style comments provides a solution. i don't know about # style comments, i don't ever personally use them.
Comments in PHP can be used for several purposes, a very interesting one being that you can generate API documentation directly from them by using PHPDocumentor (http://www.phpdoc.org/).
Therefor one has to use a JavaDoc-like comment syntax (conforms to the DocBook DTD), example:
<?php
/**
* The second * here opens the DocBook commentblock, which could later on<br>
* in your development cycle save you a lot of time by preventing you having to rewrite<br>
* major documentation parts to generate some usable form of documentation.
*/
?>
Some basic html-like formatting is supported with this (ie <br> tags) to create something of a layout.
// one line comment