PHP Comment Tag -

in wonderful world of java/jsp, can use form of commenting:

<%-- in here ignored , not sent client       can span multiple lines , useful commenting out blocks      of jsp, including tags , html:      <c:if test="${some.condition}">        <p>all inside comment</p>      </c:if>      <!-- html comment commented out of jsp not sent client --!> --%> <!-- html comment , sent client --> 

in in less wonderful world of php, reference comments can find these:

/*   multi-line comment */ 

and these:

// single line comment 

but these won't comment out chucks of html , php tags:

/*  <? do_something() ?> */ 

results in /* , */ being rendered browser, , do_something() still called.

is there equivalent of jsp comment shown above in php?

the reason not comment out block:

/*  <? do_something() ?> */ 

is not in php in html , /* */ not valid comment structure in html.

if had

<?php /* some_php(); ?> , html <?php more_php(); */ ?> 

it work fine. php inside comment block not executed , nothing of sent browser.

although doesn't work on code highlighter...

just make sure in php (after <?php tag) when open comment section.