diff --git a/dev/codetemplates/codetemplates.xml b/dev/codetemplates/codetemplates.xml
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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"?><templates><template autoinsert="false" context="php" deleted="false" description="if statement" enabled="true" id="org.eclipse.php.ui.editor.templates.php.if" name="if">if (${condition}) 
+{
+	${cursor};
+}
+</template></templates>
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