Posted by larry on 10/19/05 05:48

I'm working on a new project that I want to get as human readable as
possible, and was wondering what the constraint on variable naming does
PHP have.

Can I have a variable like:

$provider_center_openings_infant_ft

(34 characters if you want to know)

Also any idea if there is a similar limit to MySQL or Postgre field
names.

I've been coding for decades back when I had a limit of 2 characters
for variables on the old Commodore VIC-20, it's kind of hard to get
used to all this room. I've tried to find my answer in TFMs, but
nothing really goes into that metric, I figure you PHP code masters
would know of any (or possible pitfalls) if it bit you once.

Thanks for any insight,
Larry

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