#34789 [Opn]: userland naming guide

ID: 34789 User updated by: lsmith@php.net Reported By: lsmith@php.net Status: Open Bug Type: Documentation problem Operating System: irrlevant PHP Version: Irrelevant New Comment: I have begun writing a guide over here: http://oss.backendmedia.com/UserlandNamingGuide Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2005-11-25 09:57:37] lsmith@php.net actually we probably need to say that anything that goes into the global namespace needs to be prefixed by a fairly random (hopefully unique within the php community) 3-4 letter prefix or breakage is to be expected .. see the recent issues with the File and Date objects ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2005-10-13 11:49:53] vrana@php.net In language/oop.xml is already mentioned this: "PHP reserves all function names starting with __ as magical. It is recommended that you do not use function names with __ in PHP unless you want some documented magic functionality." ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2005-10-08 12:51:58] lsmith@php.net Description: ------------ We need a guide that explains users how to name their userland functions, classes, exceptions etc without conflicting with future versions of php (or atleast keeping the risk low) .. so we will state the obvious like that we usually prefix extension stuff with the name of the extensions .. but also that we postfix iterators and exceptions with "Iterator" and "Exception" .. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=34789&edit=1