Samuel this is what you can use as a standard (at least for yourself): http://www.cs.msstate.edu/~cs1314/global/guide
It describes how to name variables, functions, scripts etc. In short the variable names must tell the programmer what it is being used for, e.g. $countHits = 0; // initialize counter to count no. of hits on the page or use _ to separate words - $count_hits = 0; On Tue, 13 Aug 2002, Nicholas Mercier wrote: > My two cents, > > I think if you are working on a personal product you use what works for > you. If working in a group find out or decide as a group what standards to > use. The hungarian standards are well designed, but I've seen others that > work as well. > > When posting data from a from to another script I've see F used... as in > $f_username $f_userpass. > As well as many others. > > The best advise I could give with my (VERY) limited experience, chose a > constant method for yourself and stick to it. That way it will become > second nature to you. > > Nick > > At 09:52 AM 8/13/2002 -0400, Gerard Samuel wrote: > >A philosophical question.... > >Are there any standards to naming variables?? > >I was told that one should include a letter or combination of letters to > >describe a variable > >i.e. > >$sfoo = 'string'; // string > >$bfoo = true; // bool > >$nfoo = 10; // interger > > > >etc.... > > > >Thanks > > > >-- > >Gerard Samuel > > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > -Pushkar S. Pradhan -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
