> -----Original Message----- > From: Bob McConnell [mailto:r...@cbord.com] > Sent: Tuesday, March 02, 2010 7:52 AM > To: pan; php-general@lists.php.net > Subject: RE: [PHP] Re: Best Practices Book, Document, Web Site? > > From: pan > > ""Hansen, Mike"" <mike.han...@atmel.com> wrote in message > >> > news:7941b2693f32294aaf16c26b679a258d0efdc...@csomb01.corp.atm > el.com... > >> Is there a PHP Best Practices Book, Document, or web site that has > >> information similar to Perl Best Practices but for PHP? > > > > Yeah, it's hard to find this stuff. > > > > A google search on {+"Best Practices" +"PHP"} returned only > > 4,340,000 hits. > > > > Maybe, some day, someone will think to write something up. > > The problem with this method is that scanning these results reveals > conflicting and contradictory recommendations that are all over the > place. Some are so old they may not even be valid PHP any > more. Reading > even a small subset of these pages is an exercise in frustration. But > that makes sense as there doesn't appear to be any consistency nor > consensus within the community, or even within some of the larger > projects. > > Speaking of consensus, based on a recent discussion on the Perl > Beginners mailing list, the Perl Best Practices book is now considered > to be deprecated among the active Perl community. Many of its > recommendations are obsolete and no longer used. It is long > past due for > a major rewrite. > > Bob McConnell
Yep. Perl Best Practices is due for a rewrite/update. I came across this page that attempts to update it: http://www.perlfoundation.org/perl5/index.cgi?pbp_module_recommendation_commentary For PHP, I'll stick with the PEAR recommendations and do the best I can with whatever is missing. Thanks. -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
