What is the point of writing @php @endphp instead of in Laravel Blade?

Question

You can write PHP code like below in Laravel.

@php
    //
@endphp

Alternately you can write,

<?php
//
?>

What is the difference between about two method? What are the advantages?

For a example when we use to display something, we can use {{ $name}}. It can save developer time because if we use PHP we have to write <?php echo $name; ?>.

But what is the point of writing @php @endphp instead of <?php ?>

I don't think there is any extra benefit of using `@php @endphp` instead of ``. This is just to maintain consistency of blade syntex — Ahsan, Sep 15 '17 at 07:04
Some people just prefer to use the `@php` versions so that it's the same as the rest of the blade directives. — Rwd, Sep 15 '17 at 07:04
I think there is not much difference in using blade template syntax over php syntax, as per I know auto-escaping is difference in that. In blade template it auto escape string. — Nikita, Sep 15 '17 at 07:11
You can save even more developer time writing =$name?>, but you wouldn't do that... If you write a blade.php file, you use blade. — Amarnasan, Sep 15 '17 at 07:39
@Amarnasan That's a totally different story. If you have good PHP knowledge you should know that you can't use =$name?> if PHP short tag isn't enabled in the server. So, there is a clear disadvantage of writing ?=$name?>. — I am the Most Stupid Person, Jun 12 '19 at 08:43

Anar Bayramov · Accepted Answer · 2017-09-15T07:15:42.237

Long in a short there is absolutely no difference.

Its just a directive that keep blade views consistent with other pre defined directives such as @while @if @foreach etc.

You can find definition under

Illuminate/view/Compilers/Concerns/CompilesRawPhp.php

simply it takes expression between <?php ? tags

protected function compilePhp($expression)
    {
        if ($expression) {
            return "<?php {$expression}; ?>";
        }
        return '@php';
    }

What is the point of writing @php @endphp instead of in Laravel Blade?

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