Re: Function Re-Naming

IIRC it was one of the points PHP lost in the comparison on ZDNet: >This abundance of extensions also leads to >a lack of consistency in the APIs. Users >must make a concerted effort to keep track >of the indepen dently changing components >of PHP they are using. BTW, the article also mentions this: >A key concern for us is PHP's lack of a >standardized database API: (...) There are >some ongoing projects in this area, >including an effort to port Microsoft's >ADO API to PHP. Does anyone know what they're talking about? http://www.zdnet.com/eweek/stories/general/0,11011,2646052,00.html At 00:29 7.2. 2001, Karl Austin wrote the following: -------------------------------------------------------------- >+1 I agree that the threads should have standard names as in str_len and not >strlen. It is one of the big criticisms levied against PHP that it is such a >mess of coding styles and standards. > >Karl Austin >KDA Web Services >Community Forums Coming Soon! > >-- >PHP Quality Assurance Mailing List <http://www.php.net/> >To unsubscribe, e-mail: php-qa-unsubscribe@lists.php.net >For additional commands, e-mail: php-qa-help@lists.php.net >To contact the list administrators, e-mail: php-list-admin@lists.php.net ------end of quote------ ____________________________________________________________ Cynic: A member of a group of ancient Greek philosophers who taught that virtue constitutes happiness and that self control is the essential part of virtue. cynic@mail.cz