[Phpmyadmin-devel] PEAR coding standards about require_once

[Marc Delisle]

Sebastian Mendel a écrit :
> Marc Delisle schrieb:
>> Hi,
>>
>> don't you feel that something is not consistent between
>>
>> http://pear.php.net/manual/en/standards.including.php
>> and
>> http://pear.php.net/manual/en/standards.control.php
> 
> no
> 
> 
>> "require_once" and "if" are both statements, so why does the PEAR 
>> standard say that you need parenthesis for "if" and not for "require_once"?
> 
> cause 'if' requires parenthesis for correct syntax
> 
> and if i would agree you than we had to rite
> 
> require_once ('file.php');
> 
> and not
> 
> require_once('file.php');
> 
> same for return
> 
> return ($var);
> 
> !!! BUT:
> 
> Note:  Note that since return() is a language construct and not a
> function, the parentheses surrounding its arguments are only required if
> the argument contains an expression. It is common to leave them out
> while returning a variable, and you actually should as PHP has less work
> to do in this case.
> 
> Note:  You should never use parentheses around your return variable when
> returning by reference, as this will not work. You can only return
> variables by reference, not the result of a statement. If you use return
> ($a); then you're not returning a variable, but the result of the
> expression ($a)  (which is, of course, the value of $a).
> 
> 
> i don't know if "It is common to leave them out while returning a
> variable, and you actually should as PHP has less work to do in this
> case." also applies to 'require'
> 
> 
> so i think you should never write parenthesis where it is not required.
> 

Too bad the PHP manual does not follow PEAR coding standards:
http://ca3.php.net/manual/en/function.require-once.php

require_once("a.php"); // this will include a.php

Marc