Re: need a find/replace command to fix my require_once
| From: | Shawn McKenzie | Date: | Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:42:29 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: need a find/replace command to fix my require_once | ||
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Nathan Rixham wrote:
> Daevid Vincent wrote:
>> I was reading this:
>> http://pear.php.net/manual/en/standards.including.php
>> and it states:
>>
>> "Note: include_once and require_once are statements, not functions.
>> Parentheses should not surround the subject filename."
>>
>> I never knew that. I've always (wrongly) used:
>>
>> require_once('/path/to/my/file');
>>
>
> if it ain't broken don't fix it - why not just ensure you do it the
> correct way (or preferred way) in the future.
>
> sure the time could better be invested fixing a bug, writing a test or
> documenting something.
>
> s'all your call though :)
I agree. That's a PEAR coding standard, so unless you're coding a PEAR
package it doesn't matter. It's the PEAR groups opinion. If you look
at some other project, they may require the parentheses for readability.
--
Thanks!
-Shawn
http://www.spidean.com