General

Coding Standards

  • Indenting and Line Length
  • Control Structures
  • Function Calls
  • Class Definitions
  • Function Definitions
  • Arrays
  • Comments
  • Including Code
  • PHP Code Tags
  • Header Comment Blocks
  • Using SVN
  • Example URLs
  • Naming Conventions
  • File Formats
  • E_STRICT-compatible code
  • Error Handling Guidelines
  • Best practices
  • Sample File (including Docblock Comment standards)
  • The PEAR toolbox
  • Split function definitions onto several lines
  • Split function call on several lines
  • Split long assigments onto several lines
  • Split long if statements onto several lines
  • Ternary operators
  • Alignment of function parameters
  • Alignment of assignments
  • Array formatting
  • Recommendations
  • Notes