[FX.php List] Curious: include-page naming conventions

Dale Bengston dale.bengston at gmail.com
Thu Oct 6 11:27:58 MDT 2011


Cake.php has a very concise naming convention laid out in its documentation. I wish I'd had a reference like this before I started developing web apps a dozen years ago. I had to think up my own.

http://book.cakephp.org/view/23/File-and-Classname-Conventions

Dale

On Oct 5, 2011, at 5:48 PM, Stephen Grant wrote:

> Joel;
> 
> There is no 'standard' as far as naming of php files is concerned when it comes to linear programming as is prevalent with most developers that are starting out.
> 
> an extra dot such as page.inc.php won't cause any issues nor will a prefixed underscore.
> 
> Having said there are frameworks out there that employ standards for file naming, file location and separation of function into traditional MVC Architectures.  I'd encourage you to look at those as they not only make application development much faster, they also bring order to chaos  :)
> 
> Steve
> 
> 
> 
> From: "Joel Shapiro" <jsfmp at earthlink.net>
> To: "FX.php Discussion List" <fx.php_list at mail.iviking.org>
> Sent: Thursday, October 6, 2011 9:40:50 AM
> Subject: [FX.php List] Curious: include-page naming conventions
> 
> Hey All
> 
> I've been working a bit in a number of other people's php projects  
> lately, and have come across a couple naming conventions for include  
> pages that I'd never noticed before:
> 
> page.inc.php  & _page.php
> 
> Do people here use these (or other) conventions?  Will an extra dot in  
> a file name *never* cause problems?
> 
> Other thoughts on the topic?
> 
> -Joel
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