Posted by Philluminati on 11/01/07 12:15

On Nov 1, 12:11 pm, Jerry Stuckle <jstuck...@attglobal.net> wrote:
> Philluminati wrote:
> > I've been looking on the Internet and I can't seem to see any one
> > specifying a variable with a type. Will someone please tell me it can
> > be done.
>
> > int $tablename = 0;
>
> > rather than
>
> > var $tablename = 0;
>
> > Is it possible?
>
> > If not, do you all go back to using hungarian notation in order to
> > know what data types your working so you don't accidently set false
> > and true against a flag which is supposed to 0 and -1?
>
> No, PHP variables are untyped.
>
> And no, I don't use Hungarian notation. Rather, I document the code.
>
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How do you document the code if I may ask? with #comments around the
variable? Do you then have to go traipsing through the .php files to
find it's original meaning? I think this was the original reason for
Hungarian notation. Now I might just be dinosaur but is it much of a
problem or do you learn to get along fine without types?

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