{"id":1526,"date":"2018-01-19T19:22:56","date_gmt":"2018-01-19T19:22:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/goofy-trucks.flywheelsites.com\/best-practices-php-coding-style-page-4\/"},"modified":"2018-01-19T19:24:51","modified_gmt":"2018-01-19T19:24:51","slug":"best-practices-php-coding-style-page-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/phpbuilder.com\/best-practices-php-coding-style-page-4\/","title":{"rendered":"Best Practices: PHP Coding Style Page 4"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\n
By Tim Perdue<\/div>\n
on January 3, 2001<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n
\n

PHP Tags<\/h2>\n
\nYou should always use the full <?php ?> tags to enclose your code, not the
\nabbreviated <? ?> tags, which could conflict with XML or other languages.
\nASP-style tags, while supported, are messy and discouraged.<\/div>\n

Strings<\/h2>\n
\nThe proper use of strings is not really discussed in the PEAR RFC, but I’m going to
\ncover it anyway. In PHP of course, double quotes (“) are parsed, but single quotes (‘)
\nare not. That means PHP does extra work (magic really) on double-quoted strings that it doesn’t
\ndo on single-quoted strings. So there is a (subtle) performance difference between the two,
\nespecially in code that is iterated or called a large number of times.<\/div>\n
Best:<\/div>\n
\n
\n$associative_array['name'];\n$var='My String';\n$var2='Very... long... string... ' . $var . ' ...more string... ';\n$sql=\"INSERT INTO mytable (field) VALUES ('$var')\";\n<\/pre>\n<\/div>\n
Acceptable:<\/div>\n
\n
\n$associative_array[\"name_$x\"];\n$var=\"My String $a\";\n<\/pre>\n<\/div>\n
\nThe first example does not include any vars that need to be appended or parsed into the strings,
\nso single quotes (‘) are definitely the best way to go. The second example includes very short
\nstrings and has variables that need to be parsed into the strings, so it is acceptable to use
\ndouble quotes. If the strings were long, it would be best to use the append (.) operator.<\/div>\n
\nFor consistency’s sake, I always use single quotes around all my strings, except SQL statements,
\nwhich almost always contain apostrophes and variables that must be parsed into the strings.<\/div>\n
\nWell, now you’ve got the fundamentals of good coding style to work with. If you have
\ncomments, please post them below. Not everyone will agree with the standards laid out here,
\nnor should they. I may respectfully disagree with certain aspects of this RFC, but I
\nstrongly agree with the core value of it and its goals (to improve PHP coding for everyone).<\/div>\n
\n–Tim\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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