In my opinion, tabs == bad. Personally I use spaces for alignment (unless we're talking word processing, when it's likely that the font being used is not monospace).

As far as aligning the conditions above, I'm not sure if you're asking about indenting with tabs, or aligning the conditions vertically (no matter how you indent). Aligning the conditions vertically really depends on the length and complexity of said conditions. For example: 

# Short conditions, I wouldn't align vertically:

if ($foo && $bar && $bat && $waffles) {
    statements();
}

# Long or complex conditions, I would align vertically
# (also personally prefer binary operators at the end 
# of the line rather than the beginning):

if (some_long_conditions_go_here() &&
    another_one_down_here($foo) &&
    ($foo || $bar) &&
    I_think_you_get_what_I_am_saying()) {

    statements();
}

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In reply to Re: bloated 'if' formatting by Nkuvu
in thread bloated 'if' formatting by eff_i_g

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