[PHP] Why $ on variable names?

2002-11-12 Thread brucedickey
I've searched, but haven't found the answer -- from a language design point of view, why are there $ on the front of PHP variable names? Thanks, Bruce -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php

RE: [PHP] Why $ on variable names?

2002-11-12 Thread brucedickey
Thanks for all the replies. I just seemed to me that to add $ everywhere was more work (and not as aesthetic as a plain word) than using some other syntax for print. But, in fact, it could have been designed so you could still use print "I'm a $variable"; without the use of $ in other us

RE: [PHP] Why $ on variable names?

2002-11-12 Thread brucedickey
Yeah, I wondered about that. Having heard that C was designed in part for the parser. A parser with no lookahead (or maybe 1 char of lookahead) was used, which is why hex numbers start with "0x" instead of being suffixed with "_16", just to contrive an example. I would be curious to hear the autho

RE: [PHP] Re: How do i make an upload script?

2002-11-14 Thread brucedickey
Jon, There's bulk-emailer on hotscripts.com. You could look at its code. Bruce -Original Message- From: Jon Haworth [mailto:jhaworth@;witanjardine.co.uk] Sent: Thursday, November 14, 2002 5:37 AM To: 'Tweak2x'; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [PHP] Re: How do i make an upload script? Hi