No Case With A Semi-colon

It was little known that one could use a semi-colon ; in a case entry, instead of a colon :. Both would act as a delimiter between the case value and the actualy case block.

Since PHP 8.5, it is forbidden.

PHP code

<?php

$a = 1;
switch ($a) {
    case 1;
    echo 2;
     break;
}

?>

Before

2

After

PHP Deprecated:  Case statements followed by a semicolon (;) are deprecated, use a colon (:) instead

Deprecated: Case statements followed by a semicolon (;) are deprecated, use a colon (:) instead
2

PHP version change

This behavior changed in 8.5

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