commenting out php code example

Example 1: php comment

// This is a single-line comment

# This is also a single-line comment

/*
This is a multiple-lines comment block
that spans over multiple
lines
*/

Example 2: comment in php

<?php
// Author : https://www.codedweb.org/
// This is a single-line comment
# This is also a single-line comment in unix and linux
  
/*
This is a Multi-lines comment block
by this way you can add muliple lines on it. 
lines
*/
  
// You can also use comments to leave out parts of a code line
$var = 2 /* + 12 */ + 2;
echo $var;
?>

Example 3: comment in php

It is worth mentioning that, HTML comments have no meaning in PHP parser. So,

<!-- comment
<?php echo some_function(); ?>
-->

WILL execute some_function() and echo result inside HTML comment.

Example 4: comment in php

MSpreij (8-May-2005) says  /* .. */ overrides //  
Anonymous (26-Jan-2006) says // overrides /* .. */

Actually, both are correct. Once a comment is opened, *everything* is ignored until the end of the comment (or the end of the php block) is reached.

Thus, if a comment is opened with: 
   //  then /* and */ are "overridden" until after end-of-line 
   /*  then // is "overridden" until after */