I always said : Being good and Being FORCED to be good are two different things... and PHP normally don't force us to be good that why PHP is the most popular programming language with a large code base which WORKS but not as per the standard or recommended way ; so keep you old code as long as it works.... Sorry for TOP posting .... This mailing list also don't force us to be good :) Zareef Ahmed On Sun, Jul 12, 2009 at 4:50 AM, Eddie Drapkin <oorza2k5@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Sat, Jul 11, 2009 at 5:37 PM, tedd<tedd.sperling@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > At 3:34 AM +0700 7/12/09, Lenin wrote: > >> > >> On Sun, Jul 12, 2009 at 2:56 AM, Eddie Drapkin <oorza2k5@xxxxxxxxx> > wrote: > >> > >>> On Sat, Jul 11, 2009 at 3:53 PM, Govinda<govinda.webdnatalk@xxxxxxxxx > > > >> > >> > wrote: > >> > > what does "EOT" stand for? > >>> > >>> > (I realize that string can be anything.. but I am just asking what > >>> EOT > >> > >> > > means to everyone? > >> > > >> > I just use it as "End of Term" because I'm used to "EOF" as "End of > >> File" > >> > >> EOT used to mean End of Text. reference ASCII-7 notatioin > > > > > > Yes, but in both cases the operator is used at both the beginning AND at > the > > end of the heredoc. I normally don't start anything with an "End" term. > > > > That's what I liked about the underscore (_) -- there's no inference that > > it's an acronym. > > > > $whatever = <<<_ > > whatever > > _; > > > > However with that said, one could come up with a dual purpose acronym > like: > > > > TO = (TEXT On or TEXT Off) > > > > or if you need three characters. > > > > HDO = (HEREDOC ON or HEREDOC OFF) > > > > I'm sure some clever person could come up with something better. > > > > Cheers, > > > > tedd > > > When I see something like > > $foo = <<<EOT > > //stuff > > EOT; > > I always read "<<<EOT" as "until EOT" or, "until End of Text/Term". > So, the whole statement, in my head, would be "$foo is equal to > everything following until End of Text." Although, less generic names > like HTML, or XML, or ROW can also be fine, too. > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > -- Zareef Ahmed :: A PHP Developer in India ( Delhi ) Homepage :: http://www.zareef.net
