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[edward potter]

so simple, so sweet!  :-) ed

$firstname
$lastname
$address
$city
$state
$zip
$phone
$fax
$email

spaces? ugly
dashes? ugly
underscores?  ugly
camel?  weird!  :-)

:-)


On 9/27/06, tedd <tedd at sperling.com> wrote:
> At 6:34 AM -0400 9/27/06, Peter Sawczynec wrote:
> >So I'm just asking for an opinion, do you deal with spaces in variables?
> >Never use spaces?
>
> Peter:
>
> Opinions?
>
> It depends upon what _you_ want to see in _your_ code, unless you're
> working with a team. I've seldom worked with a team, so I'll leave
> that to others to comment.
>
> I use mixed case (i.e, pageNum). I try to keep my variable names
> short and to the point. I never use spaces -- besides, spaces aren't
> consistently allowed anyway.
>
> I try to keep the variable name the same across different languages
> (i.e., $pageNum - php, pageNum - MySQL).
>
> With counters and other temporary/short-scope variables I use i, j,
> k, l (left over from my FORTRAN) days, which is one of the reason I
> use lowercase. Likewise, I never use i, j, k, l for anything but
> short-scope variables.
>
> You say: "To me, spaces is what makes data names human readable."
>
> Not for me, spaces mean to me that these data names aren't variables.
> Just give me a variable that looks like a variable; and a name has
> some relationship to the data they hold; and I'm happy.
>
> If you want to see a problem with names, trying reviewing some of the
> constants that Apple has for it's development (I'm sure they are not
> alone) -- they are approaching the limits for name length.
>
> Another consideration, while I've never had to do it for php, I've
> worked with variable names that were further identified by their
> prefix, such as gPageNum -- meaning that it was a global variable. If
> you have a very large project, you might want to consider using a
> prefix for naming, such that you would know where the variable
> originates.
>
> Chris Shifett (in his book Essential PHP Security -- in my mind,
> required reading) used "$clean" for variables that were sanitized --
> not a bad idea. I would consider expanding that idea by adding a "c"
> to the front of a sanitized variable, such as $cPageNum.
>
> In any event, whatever scheme you adapt, you're the one who will have
> to live with it. The more consistent and easy for you to identify and
> work with, the better.
>
> A long time ago, a mentor once told me "Be careful picking your
> religion, because you're the one who has to live with it." Wouldn't
> it be interesting if what we believe is what it is?
>
> tedd
>
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