On Sun, 12 Jan 2003, Gabor Hojtsy wrote: > > I changed handle to fp (rather than the other way 'round) because > > all of those files listed used "fp" except for the ONE that used > > "handle". That's of course not to say that we can't still change 'em > > all to "handle", but there are several examples peppered throughout > > the manual which use $fp as the resource variable. > > > > I'm personnally -1 on using "handle" as the parameter name, but it's > > a weak -1... maybe more of a -0.5 > > Well, $fp is something kinda "leftover" for "file pointer". As fopen > opens many more things then files (eg. STDIN :), it technically not a > file pointer anymore. Therefore I think handle is better ;)
I'm for "handle" too. Derick -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Derick Rethans http://derickrethans.nl/ PHP Magazine - PHP Magazine for Professionals http://php-mag.net/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- PHP Documentation Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
