Level 122
I have had some strange issues with @php() now avoid it in favour of regular php tags
<?php $cta_url = '/account/pages?signup=' ?>
Jul 10, 2025
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Level 27
Why does this comment break my blade?
@extends("layout")
@section('content')
@livewire('Create')
@filamentScripts
@livewire('notifications')
{{-- @php($cta_url = '/account/pages?signup=') --}}
@endsection
The big picture
I should be able to write anything I want between the comments tag, however, the above breaks, and took me a really long time to track down the culprit. Known limitation? Or blade bug?
IMAGINE: if you wrote some docblock/comments in your PHP file, and PHP breaks, would you call it a bug?
Details
I'm not interested in discussing the use of @php. Rather, having a @php in comments made the Create component render above the <html> tag, once the comment was removed, the component now renders correctly in the content div
Level 24
I have facing a problem about self-close @php() before, and wasted 4 days to find out what happens.
NEVER use @php() !!!! actually the problem still exists, you can try add this in a blade file for test
@php($a = 'aa')
@php
$b = 'bb';
@endphp
@dump($b) // Undefined variable $b
ALWAYS use
@php
$x = 'xx';
@endphp
instead of
@php($x = 'xx')
Level 122
@newbie360 can you double check this?
Level 27
one does not mix @php(...) and @php ... @endphp and you are digressing:
I'm questioning why comments can break blade.
Level 24
Level 122
@newbie360 yes, strange behavior. but thats not what you wrote earlier. You said missing variable $b instead of $a
Level 24
@Snapey No difference of @dump($a) or @dump($b) will get the same result Undefined variable
at the end of the video, i comment out the code block still triggered the error
Level 80
@laracoft Can’t say I’ve ever used the @php directive.
Why are you using it to set variables, instead of passing those variables from a controller or Livewire component?
Level 27
Pardon me, but I like to scope the discussion to why the blade rendering breaks when comments are written in a certain way
Level 122
@laracoft its not reproducible
Level 27
ok thanks maybe coz I'm on Laravel: 10.48.29
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