Alternative syntax for switch

Question

Hey there is an alternative syntax for switch statement in PHP, but this code doesn't work:

<div>
<?php switch($variable): ?>
<?php case 1: ?>
<div>
Newspage
</div>
<?php break;?>
<?php case 2: ?>
</div>
Forum
<div>
<?php break;?>
<?php endswitch;?>
</div>

Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_INLINE_HTML, expecting T_ENDSWITCH or T_CASE or T_DEFAULT in /path/to/file on line #

Answer 1

Solution for this problem is putting switch($variable): with case 1: into same block of PHP code:

<div>
<?php switch($variable): 
case 1: ?>
<div>
Newspage
</div>
<?php break;?>
<?php case 2: ?>
</div>
Forum
<div>
<?php break;?>
<?php endswitch;?>
</div>