Re: Proper code formatting

Bob McConnell wrote: > From: Michael A. Peters >> Angus Mann wrote: >>> Hi all, I'm fairly new to PHP so I don't have too many bad habits > yet. >>> I'm keen to make my code easy to read for me in the future, and for >>> others as well. >>> >>> Are there any rules or advice I can use for formatting (especially >>> indenting) code? >>> >>> for example how best to format / indent this ? >>> > >> To each his own. Whatever floats your canoe. >> Just whatever you pick, stick to it throughout your code. >>> >>> I'm using "PHP designer 2008" which does syntax coloring but if it > has >>> something to automatically indent - I haven't found it yet. >> It probably allows you to either set a specify a tab as a real tab or > a >> specified number of spaces. Auto-indenting - this isn't python, the >> compiler doesn't enforce it's way, you follow the convention of the >> project you are working on - so I suspect many php editors tailored to > >> php don't have an auto indent. >> >> I've never of course tried that specific product. I use bluefish, vi, >> and emacs. > > To take this question a step further, is there a PHP best practices > document available? I am looking for one that I can give to a new > programmer and tell her "do it this way until you can explain to me why > you shouldn't." > > Bob McConnell There are various coding standards. There is one for PEAR, the Zend Framework and most frameworks/large projects that take contributions have them. Here's Zend: http://framework.zend.com/manual/en/coding-standard.html -- Thanks! -Shawn http://www.spidean.com