a_gajic — Thu, 29 Mar 2007 13:55:40 +0000

When I taught myself PHP I used your first method. Then, at Uni we learnt Java and they taught it the other way.. which I then preferred and now use!

Adam

timjpriebe — Tue, 27 Mar 2007 13:09:28 +0000

Hmm, rubensson brings up a good point. I forget that when embedding PHP in HTML, I do occasionally use the first variant, with little or no ill effects. ie It doesn't bother me personally to stray from my norm.

rubensson — Mon, 26 Mar 2007 20:28:18 +0000

I agree with the subjectiveness of the issue. I surprised myself with using the first variant the other day because it was more readable when embedded in HTML. In Java (which I program for a living) I always put curly brace on new lines. I think it is important to use the same style within a project if there are several developers. The code should look the same in all files within the same source tree.

Abhishek Reddy — Mon, 26 Mar 2007 16:56:50 +0000

In the absence of any other motivation for a given style, you might like to follow the PHP PEAR coding standards. That's about as official as it gets.

andy206uk — Mon, 26 Mar 2007 14:30:01 +0000

I prefer the first example. There's no right or wrong, it's a personal preference thing, just don't forget to indent anything inside the curly braces otherwise your code will be a nightmare to read.

I keep vars all in lower case and don't use any underscores in variable names.
functions I keep in all lower case but with underscores separating words (not sure why!), but i prefer to stay consistent with my existing style.

timjpriebe — Mon, 26 Mar 2007 14:04:00 +0000

I format mine more like that second example. My personal opinion is that it's just a preference issue, though.

As far as variables, I tend to do the lowercaseUppercase type of formatting. I always start with lowercase, then any new word starts with an uppercase letter. I avoid underscores in general. Again, just personal preference.

vibins — Fri, 23 Mar 2007 22:06:34 +0000

Here is a nice guide on it and if you want to cheat here is a program that does it for you