* Tim Burgan <email@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>: > What 'rules' do you follow about styling/formatting your PHP code? Do > you follow a guide that is available online? PEAR standards are fairly well-accepted: http://pear.php.net/manual/en/standards.php > I generally have my own preference for formatting like > > if ( condition ) > { > statements; > } > > for all conditional statements and loops, as opposed to > > if (condition) { > statements; > } PEAR actually recommends this latter instead of the former; the only case they make for opening braces on the following line is with class and function/method definitions. (I personally don't understand why these are treated differently, but I'm sure there's some discussion in the mailing lists that treats it.) > But what I'm really wanting to get everyones thoughts about is in regard > to combining PHP with HTML. > > I used to do: > > <?php > echo "blah"; > ?><h1>test</h1><?php > echo "blah"; > ?> > > but just tried > > <?php > echo 'blah'; > echo '<h1>test</h1>'; > echo 'blah'; > ?> > > which I find it's much easier to read to code. > > What do other people do and for what reason? What are the > advantages/disadvantages to doing it certain ways? I personally try not to put HTML into my code, and use templates: * Placing HTML into PHP means I'm having to try and decipher two languages (or more, if I use CSS or Javascript) in the same file; making the mental switch in the same file is typically more difficult than having HTML/CSS/JS in different files. * If I need to worry about HTTP headers deep into the program logic (for instance, to perform a redirect or set a cookie), I don't want to worry about whether or not any HTML has been sent to the screen. * If I need to fix a typo in the HTML, I don't want to browse through a bunch of PHP to find it. When I *do* place HTML in my PHP (it *does* happen occasionally), I typically use heredocs so I don't have to worry about quotes and such: $html =<<<EOH <h1>Test</h1> <p>This is a test of the emergency HTML situation</p> <p>It received $error_signal</p> EOH; However, all the above is my personal coding preference; I've heard very good arguments for other styles and for not using templates. -- Matthew Weier O'Phinney | mailto:matthew@xxxxxxxxxx Webmaster and IT Specialist | http://www.garden.org National Gardening Association | http://www.kidsgardening.com 802-863-5251 x156 | http://nationalgardenmonth.org -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
