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PHP Object-Oriented PHP Basics Understanding Classes Adding Properties

Bryn Humphreys
Bryn Humphreys
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Posted by Bryn Humphreys
Bryn Humphreys
26,472 Points

PHP OOP naming conventions

I'm a little confused. The video, which by the way I think Alena's videos are excellent, states that the naming convention for properties are camelCase. However in the quiz the properties are underscored. Is camelCase the way to go?

Boon Kiat Seah
Boon Kiat Seah
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Boon Kiat Seah
Boon Kiat Seah
66,664 Points

Hi Bryn,

It is usually the case that camelCase is where the community is heading. However, there are still many conventions available for a programmer to adopt. In general, conventions used should allow yourself to easily identify and relate the object properties while we are doing a quick scan of the long list of codes. The convention is there for readability and consistency.

As long as the code written are consistent with the adopted convention, it will be good.

Hope this makes sense.

Thanks