Some reference from PHP itself, if this helps sway preferences:-
Methods using 'as':-
SimpleXMLElement->asXML()
Methods using 'to':-
CachingIterator::__toString()
Functions using 'to':-
iterator-to-array() [SPL]
cal_to_jd()
cpdf_save_to_file()
image_type_to_extension()
image_type_to_mime_type()
ldap_8859_to_t61()
ldap_t61_to_8859()
mysql_get_proto_info()
mysqli_get_proto_info()
openssl_csr_export_to_file()
openssl_pkey_export_to_file()
openssl_x509_export_to_file()
php_stream_copy_to_mem()
php_stream_copy_to_stream()
pspell_add_to_personal()
pspell_add_to_session()
stream_copy_to_stream()
variant_date_to_timestamp()
xml_parse_into_struct()
xsl_xsltprocessor_transform_to_doc()
xsl_xsltprocessor_transform_to_uri()
xsl_xsltprocessor_transform_to_xml()
2c - I'd be more inclined to use 'to' than 'as' since it more
obviously describes a transformation.
I think there was recently another thread about naming conventions,
though right now I can not remember what the conclusions of that
discussion were. Check the archives, I'm sure it's easy to find.
On 10/7/06, Ralf Eggert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi,
is there a reason why the functions Zend_Config::asArray() and
Zend_Db_Row::toArray() are not called the same?
Both functions return an array. So why not call them the same, either
toArray() or asArray()?
Best Regards,
Ralf
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