nested multiline comments in php

Question

I need to comment some lines of code that already contain other comments,
I tried to do something like this:

...
<?php /* ?>
<ul>
    <li></li>
    <li></li>
    <li></li>
    <?php /* ?>
    <li></li>
    <li></li>
    <?php */ ?>
    <li></li>
    <li></li>
    <li></li>
</ul>
<?php */ ?>
...

but it does not work. How can I do it?

Possible duplicate of PHP Multiple Line Comment inside Multiple Line Comment — mickmackusa
– mickmackusa ♦, Commented Feb 19, 2018 at 13:29

Keenan · Accepted Answer · 2016-04-18 17:30:02Z

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From the PHP documents: http://php.net/manual/en/language.basic-syntax.comments.php

'C' style comments end at the first */ encountered. Make sure you don't nest 'C' style comments. It is easy to make this mistake if you are trying to comment out a large block of code.

So you cannot nest multi-lined comments.

answered Apr 18, 2016 at 17:30

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Keenan Over a year ago

No. It might help if you were to edit you question or provide more information on what it is you're trying to do though. There could be other ways to accomplish the same task.

Shola O · Accepted Answer · 2016-04-18 17:30:48Z

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Unfortunately you cannot. However, depending on what your code is actually doing, you may be able to get away with commenting out the HTML outputted by the php. Like this:

<!--
<ul>
    <li></li>
    <li></li>
    <li></li>
    <?php /* ?>
    <li></li>
    <li></li>
    <?php */ ?>
    <li></li>
    <li></li>
    <li></li>
</ul>
-->

answered Apr 18, 2016 at 17:30

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Ali Farhoudi · Accepted Answer · 2016-04-18 17:31:45Z

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No you can't use multi-line php comment nested. Multi-line comment starts at the first

answered Apr 18, 2016 at 17:31

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