RE: [PHP] Correct Coding
| From: | Roger B.A. Klorese | Date: | Thu, 07 Aug 2003 18:03:11 +0000 |
| Subject: | RE: [PHP] Correct Coding | ||
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> Could you explain a little better why this would make things better?
>
> I don't understand how this would improve things.
> > Concerning the $Task == "Add", I'd like to make a comment. It can
> > be a wise decision to compare your variables with strings like:
> >
> > if ("Add" == $Task)
> >
> > This can help preventing typo's like:
> >
> > if ($Task = "Add")
$Task = "Add" (typo'd for $Task == "Add") would assign the value,
clearly not your intent.
"Add" = $Task would be an illegal assignment to a constant, so your
error would be detected.