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From: "Richard Lynch" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
On Sat, June 10, 2006 5:31 am, Dave Goodchild wrote:
Just a question out of curiousity for the language lawyers out there.
Why is
it illegal to begin a variable name with a number in php?
Because Rasmus wrote that bit on
On Sat, June 10, 2006 5:31 am, Dave Goodchild wrote:
> Just a question out of curiousity for the language lawyers out there.
> Why is
> it illegal to begin a variable name with a number in php?
Because Rasmus wrote that bit on a Tuesday. :-)
It's a pretty common requirement, actually.
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At 11:31 AM +0100 6/10/06, Dave Goodchild wrote:
>Just a question out of curiousity for the language lawyers out there. Why is
>it illegal to begin a variable name with a number in php?
>
I don't know why in they do it in php, but I would guess that it's one of those
legacy things.
Back when I w
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Just a question out of curiousity for the language lawyers out there.
Why is
it illegal to begin a variable name with a number in php?
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This is fairly standard in programming languages. Years ago (sometime in
the 70's) the reasoning was given to me, but I have long since replaced
the
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