Why do class functions in php not need semicolons at the end? -

for example...

public function processrowset($rowset, $singlerow = false){     $resultarray = array();     while($row = mysql_fetch_assoc($rowset)){         array_push($resultarray, $row);     };      if ($singlerow === true){         return $resultarray[0];     };      return $resultarray; } ...and next line continues without issue 

when first starting oop php, made error of putting semicolon @ end , took me hour figure out wrong.

thanks help!

the difference between statements , expressions:

• if-statements, while-statements, functions, , on statements not need semicolon-terminated.
• actual commands expressions (i.e $foo = bar()). standalone expressions require semicolons, since don't have braces signify expression ends.

php borrows syntax c.