On Fri, May 15, 2009 at 9:38 AM, tedd <tedd.sperling@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > At 8:41 AM -0400 5/15/09, Robert Cummings wrote: > >> On Fri, 2009-05-15 at 05:42 -0400, Robert Cummings wrote: >> >>> On Thu, 2009-05-14 at 17:24 -0700, Michael A. Peters wrote: >>> > tedd wrote: >>> > >>> > > >>> > > <h1> >>> > > <?php echo("Hello World"); ?> >>> > > </h1> >>> > > >>> > > and Hello World will be show as a H1 headline. >>> > > >>> > > Please note, the "()" seen in my use of echo is not necessary -- >>> it's >>> > > just another one of those things that I do that no one else does. >>> It's >>> > > not wrong, but it serves no purpose other than it looks good and >>> makes >>> > > sense *to me* YMMV. >>> > >>> > I do it that way as well. >>> >>> Me too... for require and include also. >>> >> >> Actually, I crossed mental threads there. I do echo without parenthesis >> but use them on require and include. >> > > Rob et al: > > As Ron knows, both include() and echo() are language constructs and not > functions. As such, parentheses are not needed around their arguments. > > However, for sake of readability (mine) and consistency in style (again > mine) I use parentheses for both. I would fine it disturbing to use > parentheses for one and not the other. > > Cheers, > > tedd > > -- > ------- > http://sperling.com http://ancientstones.com http://earthstones.com > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > But I always thought you were a bit distubed, tedd... i am disturbed too, since i do the same thing ;-) -- Bastien Cat, the other other white meat