Posted by sTony on 11/10/06 10:59

"kenoli" <kenoli@igc.org> wrote in message
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> Thanks. Good comments. Several that have really helped. I try to
> name files descriptively, though I have discovered that my concept of
> that seems to change and I will look at a filename and wonder why inthe
> world I named it that. I have taken to doing what one of you suggested
> and including full descriptions as a comment in each file. Another
> suggestion I have taken from this string is to use less directories.
> This helps a lot with avoiding breaking include paths and other
> referneces between files.
>
> Does anyone have comments on phpheclipse or zend studio as IDEs?
> Advice that could help me choose one to use or learn how to use them
> effectively?
>
> --Kenoli


I can't say anything about any IDE's since I too have questions reguarding
those, but I'd like to say that I personally put every function inside of
it's own file, and then include those seperate function files into bundles
which I can then use in my pages. My most commonly used bundle is one which
I call 'toolbox.php'. It "includes" functions which are useful in the
design/testing phase, but which are not required for the program to run. I
structure these in folders, ie: ./global/scripts/php/functions, where the
functions reside in the function directory, and the function bundles reside
in the php directory. While this setup requires good documentation, which is
important anyhow, I find that I like the flexability of it. Others might
disagree, but it's working for me.

sTony

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