[FX.php List] @ and ~ in TO and field names

[Joel Shapiro]

Hi all

I've just inherited a DB for which I'll be converting a site from  
lasso to PHP.

All Join TOs currently use the '@' symbol to represent the join, e.g.  
Parent at Child (ugh!).  Additionally, some base Tables and some field  
names start with a '~' symbol, e.g. ~Table or ~Field.

Certainly this is not good practice, but does anyone know if these  
will (definitely) cause problems when using them with PHP?  Seemingly  
there've been no problems using them w/ lasso.

The lasso site already uses a separate FM Web file, so if I were to  
use that for the PHP, I *could* change the TO names in that file --  
although field names would still have the ~ symbol.

There seem to be a *lot* of TO names I'd have to change.  Would I be  
asking for trouble if I were to leave the @ and ~ symbols in the TO  
names?

TIA,
-Joel