Re: Scripting practices

Same here ... I only initialize variables where's there any point to it ... like the booleans I use for error checking ... all the others are normally never initialized.... Rene According to historical records, on Fri, 23 Apr 2004 17:15:58 -0400 Travis Low wrote about "Re: [PHP] Scripting practices": >Also, for the lazy variable typing. To me, strong typing means pounding the >keyboard extra hard. > >cheers, > >Travis > >Travis Low wrote: >> It's not necessary. If you want to go to that much trouble, I would >> switch to Java for the speed. I stick with PHP for the shorter >> development time. >> >> cheers, >> >> Travis >> >> Gabe wrote: >> >>> When scripting in a language (such as PHP) that doesn't require you to >>> determine the variable type before you use it, is it still considered >>> good technique to initialize it to the type you're going to use it as? >>> Or is it considered ok to just use it? >>> >>> e.g. >>> >>> $strText = ""; //initialize >>> $strText = "now i'll give it a useful value"; >>> >>> Or is it just better to skip the first line? Just curious, thanks! >>> >>> Gabe -- Rene Brehmer aka Metalbunny ~ If you don't like what I have to say ... don't read it ~ http://metalbunny.net/ References, tools, and other useful stuff... Check out the new Metalbunny forums at http://forums.metalbunny.net/