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At my job, I was basically required to use PHP, and... I have come to realize it is not actually all that bad. In fact, in several ways, it's pretty awesome. | At my job, I was basically required to use PHP, and... I have come to realize it is not actually all that bad. In fact, in several ways, it's pretty awesome. | ||
I actually still believe that, and so here is what happened: | |||
Basically, I think this type of coding is crap: | |||
<source lang="php"> | |||
<?php | |||
//***********************************************// | |||
// | |||
// this code is crap and formatted as such | |||
// | |||
// | |||
// fantastic description of great program | |||
// | |||
// | |||
/***********************************************/ | |||
<html> | |||
<head> | |||
</head> | |||
<body> | |||
<h1>title</h1> | |||
<p>Here is the thing for today: <?php $thing = $DB->getThing(date("Y.m.d")); echo $thing; ?> I love it!</p> | |||
</body> | |||
</html> | |||
</source> | |||
I would see all types of things written inline, and I couldn't grok the overview of the code for anything. | |||
I finally decided on this type of rule. For simple echo statements, such as | |||
<source lang="php"><?php echo "echo statements"; ?></source> | |||
I would happily code them inline. But if there was actual programming logic, I want that pulled "out" | |||
<source lang="php"> | |||
<?php | |||
//***********************************************// | |||
// | |||
// this code is crap, but formatted nicely | |||
// | |||
// | |||
// fantastic description of great program | |||
// | |||
// | |||
/***********************************************/ | |||
<html> | |||
<head> | |||
</head> | |||
<body> | |||
<h1>title</h1> | |||
<p>Here is the thing for today: | |||
<?php | |||
$thing = $DB->getThing(date("Y.m.d")); | |||
echo $thing; | |||
?> | |||
I love it!</p> | |||
</body> | |||
</html> | |||
</source> | |||
For me, this makes all the difference in the readability of the code. | |||
[[Category:Programming]] | [[Category:Programming]] | ||
Revision as of 22:58, 12 December 2007
Not so long ago, I didn't like PHP because I didn't like having "code inside HTML." I preferred Perl, where the code was first, and the HTML was produced by the code. "HTML inside code"
At my job, I was basically required to use PHP, and... I have come to realize it is not actually all that bad. In fact, in several ways, it's pretty awesome.
I actually still believe that, and so here is what happened:
Basically, I think this type of coding is crap:
<source lang="php"> <?php //***********************************************// // // this code is crap and formatted as such // // // fantastic description of great program // // /***********************************************/
<html> <head> </head> <body>
title
Here is the thing for today: <?php $thing = $DB->getThing(date("Y.m.d")); echo $thing; ?> I love it!
</body> </html> </source>
I would see all types of things written inline, and I couldn't grok the overview of the code for anything.
I finally decided on this type of rule. For simple echo statements, such as
<source lang="php"><?php echo "echo statements"; ?></source>
I would happily code them inline. But if there was actual programming logic, I want that pulled "out"
<source lang="php"> <?php //***********************************************// // // this code is crap, but formatted nicely // // // fantastic description of great program // // /***********************************************/
<html> <head> </head> <body>
title
Here is the thing for today: <?php $thing = $DB->getThing(date("Y.m.d")); echo $thing; ?> I love it!
</body> </html> </source>
For me, this makes all the difference in the readability of the code.
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