Re: __functions

* Rob Agar <rob@wildlime.com>: > just a quick 'un about function naming - the naming convention says > that functions that begin with an underscore are to be considered as > private to the class. What's the significance of beginning with two > underscores? Is it supposed to differentiate between private & > protected in c++ speak? Double underscores are usually reserved for 'magic' methods and functions -- __construct, __autoload, __set, __get, __call, etc -- methods that have special meaning to the PHP interpreter. I'm not a java or c++ programmer, so I don't know if these have other traditional meanings. There's nothing saying you can't use double underscores for your own purposes -- just be careful that your method name doesn't collide with one of the magic methods. -- Matthew Weier O'Phinney | WEBSITES: Webmaster and IT Specialist | http://www.garden.org National Gardening Association | http://www.kidsgardening.com 802-863-5251 x156 | http://nationalgardenmonth.org mailto:matthew@garden.org | http://vermontbotanical.org