Re[2]: [PHP] isset() question

Hello Jason, Sunday, February 15, 2004, 7:44:06 PM, you wrote: >> I feel the book you're learning from might not be the best out there! >> Especially as it uses the horrible if : else : endif notation, >> includes code on the same line as the PHP tags themselves JW> What is horrible about that style? IMO doing this: Consistency. The majority of code you can download will not use this notation. Although PHP coding standards are subjective as best, you still won't find any advocating this technique. Pick a style and stick to it. It's usually best if that style at least matches something like the official PHP documentation. JW> <?php if ($something) : ?> To me this is a mess and I would never advocate this style. Code on the same line as a php delimiter does not make for easy reading. JW> looks a lot neater than: JW> <?php JW> if ($something) { I wouldn't have done it like that either, although its closer. <?php if ($something) { ... } ?> JW> But whichever style a book chooses to use should not impact on one's decision JW> as to whether it is a good book or not. Of course it does, especially when combined with the other factors I listed. If the book you're learning from doesn't teach good coding practise - what will? It's not something you're "born" with. -- Best regards, Richard Davey http://www.phpcommunity.org/wiki/296.html