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PHP unterstützt 'C', 'C++' und Unix-Shell-artige (Perl-artige) Kommentare. Zum Beispiel:

<?php
    
echo "Dies ist ein Test"// Dies ist ein einzeiliger Kommentar im C++-Stil
    /* Dies ist ein mehrzeiliger Kommentar
       noch eine weitere Kommentar-Zeile */
    
echo 'Dies ist noch ein Test';
    echo 
'... und ein letzter Test'# Dies ist ein einzeiliger Shell-Kommentar
?>

Die "einzeiligen" Kommentar-Arten kommentieren sämtlichen Text bis zum Zeilenende oder bis zum Ende des aktuellen PHP-Blocks aus, je nachdem, was zuerst eintritt. Das bedeutet, das HTML-Code nach // ..?> oder # ... ?> ausgegeben WIRD: ?> beendet den PHP-Modus und kehrt in den HTML-Modus zurück, so dass sich // oder # nicht nicht darauf auswirkt. Wenn die asp_tags Konfigurations-Direktive eingeschaltet ist, verhält es sich genauso bei // %> und # %>. Jedoch beendet das </script>-Tag den PHP-Modus innerhalb eines einzeiligen Kommentars nicht.

<h1>Dies ist ein  <?php # echo 'einfaches';?> Beispiel.</h1>
<p>Obige Überschrift wird lauten: 'Dies ist ein Beispiel.'.

'C'-artige Kommentare enden am ersten Vorkommen von */. Achten Sie daher darauf, 'C'-artige Kommentare nicht zu verschachteln. Dieser Fehler entsteht leicht, wenn Sie längere Code-Blöcke auskommentieren.

<?php
/*
   echo 'Dies ist ein Test'; /* Dieser Kommentar wird ein Problem verursachen. */
*/
?>


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jballard at natoga dot com
15.12.2010 23:28
Comments do NOT take up processing power.

So, for all the people who argue that comments are undesired because they take up processing power now have no reason to comment ;)

<?php

// Control
echo microtime(), "<br />"; // 0.25163600 1292450508
echo microtime(), "<br />"; // 0.25186000 1292450508

// Test
echo microtime(), "<br />"; // 0.25189700 1292450508
# TEST TEST TEST TEST TEST TEST TEST TEST TEST TEST TEST TEST TEST TEST TEST TEST TEST TEST TEST
# .. Above comment repeated 18809 times ..
echo microtime(), "<br />"; // 0.25192100 1292450508

?>

They take up about the same amount of time (about meaning on a repeated testing, sometimes the difference between the control and the test was negative and sometimes positive).
benny at bennyborn dot de
8.12.2010 12:16
This regex should do the job when trying to parse comments

(\/\*(.*?)\*\/)|(^|\s+)\/\/(.*?)(\n|$)|(^|\s+)#(.*?)(\n|$)
Wolfsbay at ya dot ru
12.05.2010 23:10
If you are using editor with code highlight, it’s much easier to notice error like /* */ */.
theblazingangel at aol dot com
29.08.2007 0:55
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.
fun at nybbles dot com
14.07.2006 7:28
a trick I have used in all languages to temporarily block out large sections (usually for test/debug/new-feature purposes), is to set (or define) a var at the top, and use that to conditionally comment the blocks; an added benefit over if(0) (samuli's comment from nov'05) is that u can have several versions or tests running at once, and u dont require cleanup later if u want to keep the blocks in:  just reset the var.

personally, I use this more to conditionally include code for new feature testing, than to block it out,,,, but hey, to each their own :)

this is also the only safe way I know of to easily nest comments in any language, and great for multi-file use, if the conditional variables are placed in an include :)

for example, placed at top of file:

<?php $ver3 = TRUE
      
$debug2 = FALSE;
?>

and then deeper inside the file:

<?php if ($ver3) {
           print(
"This code is included since we are testing version 3");
         }
?>

<?php if ($debug2) {
           print(
"This code is 'commented' out");
         }
?>
mst_NO_SPAM_TO_ME at mstsoft dot com
5.06.2006 14:38
This "comment ends on line break or end of PHP Block" thing can be confusing. I discovered this by accident when working with XML Output from PHP...

<?PHP

header
("Content-type: text/xml");

/*
echo "<?xml version=\"1.0\"?>";
echo "<page>multi-line comments work as expected.</page>";
*/

//echo "<?xml version=\"1.0\"
?>";
//echo "<page>single-line comments end php mode and output your code.</page>";

?>

I would expect the comment to work, but there is no parsing in comments so the String suddenly becomes a PHP  end-block tag, which is correct reading this documentation.

cheers,
martin
PS: You even see the behavior in the Syntax highlighting :-)
J Lee
26.05.2006 8:39
MSpreij (8-May-2005) says  /* .. */ overrides // 
Anonymous (26-Jan-2006) says // overrides /* .. */

Actually, both are correct. Once a comment is opened, *everything* is ignored until the end of the comment (or the end of the php block) is reached.

Thus, if a comment is opened with:
   //  then /* and */ are "overridden" until after end-of-line
   /*  then // is "overridden" until after */

21.01.2006 10:46
M Spreij wrote, 08-May-2005 08:15...
A nice way to toggle the commenting of blocks of code can be done by mixing the two comment styles:
...
This works because a /* .. */ overrides //.

The final sentence should be the other way round, i.e.

This works because a // overrides /* .. */.
(If it didn't the /* .. */ would comment out the code regardless of whether an additional '/' is prefixed to the first line).
samuli dot karevaara at lamk dot fi
11.11.2005 17:30
If you want to comment out large sections of code (temporarily, usually and hopefully), consider using
<?php
if (0) {
     print(
"This code is 'commented' out");
}
?>
instead of /* comment block */. Otherwise, as noted here, you will have parse errors if the block that you commented out contains */ somewhere, like in regexp or in another comment.
hcderaad at wanadoo dot nl
29.06.2005 22:51
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.
M Spreij
8.05.2005 21:15
A nice way to toggle the commenting of blocks of code can be done by mixing the two comment styles:
<?php
//*
if ($foo) {
  echo
$bar;
}
// */
sort($morecode);
?>

Now by taking out one / on the first line..

<?php
/*
if ($foo) {
  echo $bar;
}
// */
sort($morecode);
?>
..the block is suddenly commented out.
This works because a /* .. */ overrides //. You can even "flip" two blocks, like this:
<?php
//*
if ($foo) {
  echo
$bar;
}
/*/
if ($bar) {
  echo $foo;
}
// */
?>
vs
<?php
/*
if ($foo) {
  echo $bar;
}
/*/
if ($bar) {
  echo
$foo;
}
// */
?>
Steve
15.12.2004 13:41
Be careful when commenting out regular expressions.

E.g. the following causes a parser error.

I do prefer using # as regexp delimiter anyway so it won't hurt me ;-)

<?php

/*

 $f->setPattern('/^\d.*/
');

*/

?>



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