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

Answer 1

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';
    }