List of PHP Keywords
Updated Jan 9, 2021 View by 3.3 K
As we saw in a simple program of PHP in the previous post First Program in PHP, we use the list of php keywords. there are various words, letters, and digits. Every word used in a PHP program is classified either as a Keyword or an Identifier. So in this tutorial, you will learn about PHP programming Keywords and Identifiers.
These words have special meaning in PHP. Some of them represent things which look like functions, some look like constants, and so on – but they’re not, really: they are language constructs. You cannot use any of the following words as constants, class names, function or method names. Using them as variable names is generally OK, but could lead to confusion.
As of PHP 7.0.0 these list of php keywords are allowed as property, constant, and method names of classes, interfaces and traits, except that class may not be used as the constant name.
List of PHP Keywords
| __halt_compiler() | abstract | and | array() |
| break | callable | case | catch |
| clone | const | continue | declare |
| die() | do | echo | else |
| empty() | enddeclare | endfor | endforeach |
| endswitch | endwhile | eval | exit() |
| final | finally | for | foreach |
| global | goto | if | implements |
| include_once | instanceof | insteadof | interface |
| list() | namespace | new | or |
| private | protected | public | require |
| return | static | switch | throw |
| try | unset() | use | var |
| as | class | default | elseif |
| endif | extends | function | include |
| isset() | require_once | trait | |
| while | xor | yield |
1 ) __halt_compiler()
This function can be used in eval() — it will halt the eval, but not the script eval”() was called in.
Halts the execution of the compiler. This can be useful to embed data in PHP scripts, like the installation files.
Byte position of the data start can be determined by the __COMPILER_HALT_OFFSET__ constant which is defined only if there is a __halt_compiler() presented in the file.
# Example
void __halt_compiler ( void )
$fp = fopen(__FILE__, 'r'); // seek file pointer to data fseek ($fp, __COMPILER_HALT_OFFSET__); // and output it var_dump(stream_get_contents($fp)); // the end of the script execution __halt_compiler(); the installation data (eg. tar, gz, PHP, etc.)
2 ) abstract
It is not allowed to create an instance of a class that has been defined as abstract.”. It only means you cannot initialize an object from an abstract class. Invoking static method of abstract class is still feasible.
# Example:
abstract class Foo {
static function bar() {
echo "test\n";
}
}
Foo::bar();
3 ) and
The constant true is assigned to $h before the “and” operation occurs.
# Example:
// The result of the expression (true && false) is assigned to $g // Acts like: ($g = (true && false)) $g = true && false; // The constant true is assigned to $h before the "and" operation occurs // Acts like: (($h = true) and false) $h = true and false; var_dump($g, $h);
