## `else`

(PHP 4, PHP 5, PHP 7)

Often you'd want to execute a statement if a certain condition is met, and a different statement if the condition is not met. This is what `else` is for. `else` extends an `if` statement to execute a statement in case the expression in the `if` statement evaluates to `FALSE`. For example, the following code would display a is greater than b if $a is greater than $b, and a is NOT greater than b otherwise:

`<?php
if ($a > $b) {
echo "a is greater than b";
} else {
echo "a is NOT greater than b";
}
?>`
The `else` statement is only executed if the `if` expression evaluated to `FALSE`, and if there were any `elseif` expressions - only if they evaluated to `FALSE` as well (see elseif).