PHP history question : case sensitivity

Hello, I've this question in mind for a while : Why does PHP interpret everything as case insensitive ? For me, it has two downsides : 1) Every function has to lowercase the variable names, it's time consumming. 2) It EncOURaGeS bAD CoDiNG StAnDArDs aS AlL vArIaBlEs cAsE VaRIaNTs ArE AcCepTEd. ;-) I totally agree (and don't want to start a thread on this subject) that it cannot be changed anymore as it would break sooooooo many applications written in PHP, but how did this happen historically ? Flavien, computer languages history curious ;-) -- Flavien LEBARBE OPEN CARE Support for Freedom mailto:flebarbe@ocare.com http://www.ocare.com Tel:+33 141430890 Fax:+33 141430891