On Thu, 2012-06-14 at 15:13 -0400, Jim Giner wrote: > "Al" <news@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message > news:6B.C0.39100.4EF1ADF4@xxxxxxxxxxxx... > > > > > > On 6/14/2012 12:49 PM, Jim Giner wrote: > >> Yes - PHP is very picky. Hence I never capitalize anything! I use > >> underscores to make varnames more understandable, as in $inv_req > >> > >> > > > > There is another nice custom e.g. $invReg it's easy to read and it doesn't > > conflict with PHP syntax for some functions e.g., in_aray(). and defines > > DOCUMENT_ROOT > > And what is that custom? > > > I think he means camelCase naming syntax. It does tend to involve fewer keystrokes and results in shorter names that might more easily fit to a screen or paper, but I have to say I prefer the underscore convention, it just makes things much more readable (which is probably why built-in PHP functions and constants use it) -- Thanks, Ash http://www.ashleysheridan.co.uk
