camelCaseConvention vs underscores_convention?

[Script47]

Which one and why?

[G7470]

Personally, it all depends. A lot of the code I write is not for a completely blank website or a blank application. Most of the time, it's adding onto it or fixing problems with said application. So in those cases, my coding convention mimics what is already there in order to keep the coding bases somewhat consistent.

If it is a blank website or my personal site, most of my variables do not even have either of these conventions. A lot of times I make my variables all one word, all lowercase with comments around it explaining what the variable is and what it is used for.

~G7470

[Djkanna]

Both; Depends usually on the convention adopted by existing code/framework etc.

[SRB]

Work: underscore.

Personal: camelCase

Freelance: adopt what's already in use

[sniko]

camelCase is really nice

snake_case is horrible

I adopt a spin of the Hungarian notation, and camelCase "feels/looks" better. For example;

$str_user_name = "foo";

$strUserName = "foo";

[Script47]

If it is a blank website or my personal site, most of my variables do not even have either of these conventions. A lot of times I make my variables all one word, all lowercase with comments around it explaining what the variable is and what it is used for.

~G7470

I've personally felt that when you have a variable in one long line it is a lot harder to read. Could you show snippets of some of you code if you could please?

[G7470]

Of course with a name too long, it could greatly effect the readability; however, you can also make the variable names relative to its purpose to improve this issue.

Here's a little snippet from a drug modification mod that I made:

 

	$growdrugres = mysql_query("/* QUERY HERE - LEFT OUT FOR SNIPPET */");
if(mysql_num_rows($growdrugres) > 0) {
	while($drugarr = mysql_fetch_array($growdrugres)) {
		if($drugarr['ending'] < time()) {
			$countdrug = 1;
		}
	}
	if($countdrug == 1) {
		echo "<center><a href='growdrugs.php'><b>Click here to harvest your drugs.</b></a></center>";
	}
}

 

One more, probably the longest variable names I have ever made here from another mod I made:

 

$drivebyconfig = mysql_query("/* QUERY HERE - LEFT OUT FOR SNIPPET */");
$drivebyconfigsettings = mysql_fetch_row($drivebyconfig);
$requiredwep = $drivebyconfigsettings[0];
$requiredarm = $drivebyconfigsettings[1];
$requiredcar = $drivebyconfigsettings[2];

 

~G7470

[sniko]

Of course with a name too long, it could greatly effect the readability; however, you can also make the variable names relative to its purpose to improve this issue.

Here's a little snippet from a drug modification mod that I made:

 

	$growdrugres = mysql_query("/* QUERY HERE - LEFT OUT FOR SNIPPET */");
if(mysql_num_rows($growdrugres) > 0) {
	while($drugarr = mysql_fetch_array($growdrugres)) {
		if($drugarr['ending'] < time()) {
			$countdrug = 1;
		}
	}
	if($countdrug == 1) {
		echo "<center><a href='growdrugs.php'><b>Click here to harvest your drugs.</b></a></center>";
	}
}

 

One more, probably the longest variable names I have ever made here from another mod I made:

 

$drivebyconfig = mysql_query("/* QUERY HERE - LEFT OUT FOR SNIPPET */");
$drivebyconfigsettings = mysql_fetch_row($drivebyconfig);
$requiredwep = $drivebyconfigsettings[0];
$requiredarm = $drivebyconfigsettings[1];
$requiredcar = $drivebyconfigsettings[2];

 

~G7470

 

Wow, that's so '07 :p

[G7470]

Wow, that's so '07 :p

Oh, sniko the critic I see. :p

~G7470

[Sim]

Freelance: adopt what's already in use

Same..

Personal: underscore for variables and CamelCase for functions and methods