Re: Re: PHP5/ZE2: variables definition, constant variables

Hi, To rephrase Zeev : "Use error_reporting(E_ALL)" Once you start using it most of the errors from undefined variables will go to oblivion. Your example is too fictional errors like $$var_name or $foo->$mCount are easy to find with the method above. Andrey ----- Original Message ----- From: "Victor Toni" <php-mail@vitoni.de> To: <php-dev@lists.php.net> Cc: "Leon Mergen" <leon@antrophia.com> Sent: Friday, January 03, 2003 3:53 PM Subject: [PHP-DEV] Re: PHP5/ZE2: variables definition, constant variables > > > What I do not like about PHP variables, is that they do not have to be > > > defined before use. > > > > Well, this definately is plainly a choice. One of PHP's "goals" is to be > > very easy to learn. Many people programming PHP have never ever programmed > > before. For them, it is VERY easy to learn, because these kind of things > > (variable declaration) are not dealt with. > > Indeed it is very easy to learn, but sometimes it is not very easy to > debug, > because there is no indication for missing declarations (or spelling > errors). > And the actual style has exceptions: var is used to declare variables > for classes, > but I cannot use it to declare var's for functions (or ensure I use only > declared var's). > There is also a difference between accessing a variable, static or > constant. > > <?PHP > class foo { > var $bar_v = "variable"; > const bar_c = "constant"; > static $bar_s = "static"; > } > > $fooo = new foo(); > $bar_v = "bar_v"; > > print $fooo->bar_v; // these 2 work different > print $fooo->$bar_v; > > print foo::bar_c; // then these 2 > print foo::$bar_s; > > ?> > > > Regards, > > Victor Toni > > -- > PHP Development Mailing List <http://www.php.net/> > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php >