if elif else fi #bashing about

When running a webservice one needs a couple of good scripts that make work easier.
I have been using bash scripts for just that..
Bash is one of the weirdest languages i have had to learn...stuff isn't that straight forward. I hade to google this stuff up

If [ conditional expression1 ]
then
 statement1
 statement2
 .
elif [ conditional expression2 ]
then
 statement3
 statement4
 .
.
.
else
 statement5
fi

I wont take all the credit, I got the info from HERE