Fair enough, I suppose at that point it is simply a matter of preference, though I must maintain my debug commentary... I really like knowing that the reason my $variable isn't displaying anything is because I speeled it $varaible. :-)
Cheers, # Nathan ----- Original Message ----- From: "Maxim Maletsky (PHPBeginner.com)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "'Nathan'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "'PHP'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, April 25, 2002 12:58 PM Subject: RE: [PHP] Parse Error - Help? (AGAIN) > I would agree that performance-wise, there may be little difference in how fast a > script runs. And > for pre-defining variables, sure you can get away without doing that and php will > happily help you > out. However, I find it easier to debug my code knowing whether or not I > remembered to assign a > value to my variable and where the heck it got assigned from. :-) This is true. Whatever I write I always have variable *I* created, all the rest are $_*[] and good old $HTTP_*_VARS[]. I always had register globals off. So, in this way, since I know that every variable is mine, why do I have to leave error_reporting E_ALL? > I would also like to point out that the combo of not registering globals and having all > errors > reported will ensure you get the right data type when using the same variable names > for _POST, > _SESSION, et cetera data. I had a few scripts that behaved differently than I though > because I was > looking for the value of $foo and not realizing that my $foo was grabbing my session > data instead of > what I thought I was assigning it to. I changed my php.ini and now I tear out far less > hair this way > ;-) Once again, use $_SEESION and this is resolved. Good point about variable types. Setting them before solves this problem. Sincerely, Maxim Maletsky Founder, Chief Developer www.PHPBeginner.com // where PHP Begins -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
