From 076d006a1828694a8680a6d00c709fd9496673d9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Harish Tewari <42291682+tewariharish@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sat, 20 Jun 2026 13:53:47 +0530
Subject: [PATCH] Replace unnecessary PHP comment with HTML comment in
 customize.php

In `src/wp-admin/customize.php` (around line 227 and 266), there is a PHP opening tag used solely for an inline comment:

<ul class="customize-pane-parent"><?php // Panels and sections are managed here via JavaScript ?></ul>

Since no PHP code is being executed, the PHP tag is unnecessary. This can be replaced with an HTML comment to improve code readability and maintainability.

WordPress coding standards generally prefer avoiding unnecessary PHP tags when no PHP code is being executed
---
 src/wp-admin/customize.php | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/wp-admin/customize.php b/src/wp-admin/customize.php
index 257dbbe0d60a8..6c6970100ca91 100644
--- a/src/wp-admin/customize.php
+++ b/src/wp-admin/customize.php
@@ -224,7 +224,7 @@
 
 		<div id="customize-sidebar-outer-content">
 			<div id="customize-outer-theme-controls">
-				<ul class="customize-outer-pane-parent"><?php // Outer panel and sections are not implemented, but its here as a placeholder to avoid any side-effect in api.Section. ?></ul>
+				<ul class="customize-outer-pane-parent"><!-- Outer panel and sections are not implemented, but its here as a placeholder to avoid any side-effect in api.Section --></ul>
 			</div>
 		</div>
 
@@ -263,7 +263,7 @@
 				</div>
 
 				<div id="customize-theme-controls">
-					<ul class="customize-pane-parent"><?php // Panels and sections are managed here via JavaScript ?></ul>
+					<ul class="customize-pane-parent"><!-- Panels and sections are managed here via JavaScript --></ul>
 				</div>
 			</div>
 		</div>