Optionality of Default in PHP

The default block is optional. Let's remove it from the previous code:

php<?php
  $num = 1;
  
  switch ($num) {
    case 1:
      echo 'variant 1';
    break;
    case 2:
      echo 'variant 2';
    break;
    case 3:
      echo 'variant 3';
    break;
  }
?>