{"id":10795,"date":"2022-09-25T00:35:27","date_gmt":"2022-09-24T19:05:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jassweb.com\/solved\/solved-why-is-php-handling-the-dangling-else-differently-closed\/"},"modified":"2022-09-25T00:35:27","modified_gmt":"2022-09-24T19:05:27","slug":"solved-why-is-php-handling-the-dangling-else-differently-closed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jassweb.com\/solved\/solved-why-is-php-handling-the-dangling-else-differently-closed\/","title":{"rendered":"[Solved] Why is PHP handling the dangling else differently? 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