PHP Multi-line String Issue

[designcise]

If a multi-line string is inside an if or switch statement, the code block only gets collapsed till the start of the multi-line string, for example:

// if or switch here...
$str = <<<STRING
code ....
STRING;

[thehogfather]

could you give a concrete example rather than pseudo code?

[designcise]

Seems to occur only when collapsing "case"; it doesn't collapse the multiline echo (PHP). Try collapsing 'case' in the following example:

switch($x) {
      case 'value':
            if(FALSE) {
                // do something
            }
            else {
                $multiline = <<<TEST
Output something...
TEST;
            }
      break;
}