Re: [PHP] Scripting practices

Same here ... I only initialize variables where's there any point to it ... like the booleans I use for error checking ... all the others are normally never initialized Rene According to historical records, on Fri, 23 Apr 2004 17:15:58 -0400 Travis Low wrote about "Re: [PHP]

Re: [PHP] Scripting practices

Also, for the lazy variable typing. To me, strong typing means pounding the keyboard extra hard. cheers, Travis Travis Low wrote: It's not necessary. If you want to go to that much trouble, I would switch to Java for the speed. I stick with PHP for the shorter development time. cheers, T

Re: [PHP] Scripting practices

It's not necessary. If you want to go to that much trouble, I would switch to Java for the speed. I stick with PHP for the shorter development time. cheers, Travis Gabe wrote: When scripting in a language (such as PHP) that doesn't require you to determine the variable type before you use it

RE: [PHP] Scripting practices

Gabe on Friday, April 23, 2004 1:55 PM said: > When scripting in a language (such as PHP) that doesn't require you to > determine the variable type before you use it, is it still considered > good technique to initialize it to the type you're going to use it as? > Or

Re: [PHP] Scripting practices

On Fri, 2004-04-23 at 16:55, Gabe wrote: > When scripting in a language (such as PHP) that doesn't require you to > determine the variable type before you use it, is it still considered > good technique to initialize it to the type you're going to use it as? > Or is it considered ok to just use

Re: [PHP] Scripting practices

I use precisely what you suggest. If you later find out you'd like to wrap a few lines inside a loop, this avoids a potential bug when a variable is not reset to the initial value for each iteration. On Fri, 2004-04-23 at 13:55, Gabe wrote: > When scripting in a language (such as PHP) that doesn