Re: Inspiration for a Tombstone.

From: Date: Fri, 27 Jun 2008 10:01:20 +0000
Subject: Re: Inspiration for a Tombstone.
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Dan Shirah wrote:
if ($user_name == "Dan S") { echo "Quit while you're ahead"; } exit;
As I very humorously hinted at in a earlier mail on this thread, it is a very, very good idea to get into the habit of putting constants *first* in if/while/etc statements. if ("Dan S" = $user_name) PHP/C/C++ etc. Bombs with a syntax error. if ($user_name = "Dan S") Works silently and looks right at first glance. I forced myself to write things that way round a good number of years ago and it has served me well and caught a few potential mishaps. Col.

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