Posted by Jon M. on 05/05/05 07:54

Oops!! What I meant was:



JavaScript:



var varName;



PHP:



var $varName;



I can't believe I did that (I have been writing JavaScript for a few years,
and know better -I gotta get more sleep).



So, are you saying that it is absolutely "PHP-illegal" to do:



var $varName;



in PHP??? Would it be ignored? Or would it screw up the interpreter?



"Rasmus Lerdorf" <rasmus@lerdorf.com> wrote in message
news:4279895C.9010407@lerdorf.com...
> Jon M. wrote:
>> I know in JavaScript, that you declare vars like so:
>>
>> var = variableName;
>>
>> So I'm assuming that in PHP you do it like this:
>>
>> var = $variableName;
>>
>> But there doesn't seem to be a single shred of documentation on PHP.net
>> (or
>> in ANY book) that covers this. All they say is that it's good practice,
>> but
>> not necessary. Then they always skip telling you how.
>>
>> I always like to declare vars since it helps me keep track of the vars I
>> will be using, and I just like to do things right.
>>
>> So am I right about how you do it? "Yes", "No", example please??
>
> No
>
> You don't declare variables in PHP. You just start using them.
>
> Perhaps you mean assign? Since your example of
>
> var = variableName;
>
> is actually an assignment in Javascript.
>
> In PHP you simply do:
>
> $one_var = $another_var;
>
> -Rasmus

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