Re: underscore in php functions?

On Mon, 2009-08-03 at 22:46 +0200, Oral Timocin wrote: > Stuart wrote: > > > 2009/8/3 Oral Timocin <o_timocin@gmx.de>: > >> Hi all, > >> > >> i am a newbie to php an want to learn it. Aftere reading some sample Code > >> an the documetation i have an unanswered question! > >> > >> for example: > >> > >> public function _example(){ > >> } > >> > >> what does the _ mean in that function. Could anyone help me? > > > > Absolutely. But some developers use it as a convention for private > > methods or some other indicator. > > > > -Stuart > > > > Thank you for the answer. I have looked for the sample code again and you > are right. Some of the marked funtions are protected and some are private. > Now i have understand that. Thank you again. > > regards > Also, there are some special cases, like the __construct() function, which use a double underscore, and have a special meaning for classes. Thanks, Ash http://www.ashleysheridan.co.uk