PHP OO naming conventions

Hi, *Disclaimer* I am only talking about the API that is exposed to the user and not about any CS that don't relate to this (brackets, indenting etc.). *Disclaimer* As PHP development is beginning to expose more and more functionality through an OO interface we should address the CS for that API now. I think it would be wise not to use the current PHP naming conventions as they are not that well fit for the OO syntax we have in PHP. A pretty lame example to illustrate what I mean: $foo->get_bar(); $foo->get->bar(); Also it would be useful for the user to easily differentiate the different interfaces from each other because otherwise there maybe confusions about different parameter handling in functions/methods due to the nature that the OO interface will require different parameters than the functional counterpart in a lot of cases. Another constructed example: execute_query($connection, $query, $param); $foo->execute_query($query, $param); This should also make life easier for syntax highlighter ... I would therefore propose to use studlyCaps as the CS for PHP OO APIs. Current: $foo->execute_query($query, $param); New: $foo->executeQuery($query, $param); This CS is already known to people in the PHP world (or atleast a considerable amount) in the form of the PEAR CS. This would also be great for PEAR as then it would become possible for them to just extend these classes instead of having to wrap all methods to fit the PEAR CS. FYI: PEAR is also working on defining some standard method names. Like the common issue of close vs. disconnect etc. This might be a good opportunity to maybe also start off "clean" for PHP OO API's in that regard. FYI: I was told that there are no technical reasons that would make it a big deal to have different function and method names provided by one extension. Regards, Lukas Smith smith@backendmedia.com _______________________________ BackendMedia www.backendmedia.com berlin@backendmedia.com Linn Zwoch Smith GbR Pariser Str. 44 D-10707 Berlin Tel +49 30 83 22 50 00 Fax +49 30 83 22 50 07