10 Pieces of PHP Developer Advice in 2022: Advice #2: Use a Readable PHP Coding Style - 3 minutes - Lately in PHP Podcast Episode 90 Part 2

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What Pieces of Advice You Can Get as a Developer

1. Previous article: Be a Good Community Member Sharing Your Open Source Work in Community Sites

2. This article: Use a Readable PHP Coding Style

3. Next: Share Reusable Classes with Simple Documentation and Example Code

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Coding style is a topic that leads to neverending discussions. If you disagree with other people's coding style, use your own coding style that makes you more productive.

Keep in mind that you may need to use the coding style that other people in the project already use if you work in projects of other people or other companies. This makes it easier for everybody to read and understand it just by looking at it.

If you do not have a favorite coding style, I suggest that you start learning the coding style defined by the PSR 2 (PHP Standards Recommendation), defined by developers of many projects precisely to agree on a more consensual style readable and follows predictable patterns.

If you prefer some other coding style, that is OK too, as long as you can easily read the code you read, so you can understand it even many years after you wrote it.

3. Next: Share Reusable Classes with Simple Documentation and Example Code

Stay tuned to the next part of the Lately in PHP podcast episode 90. For now, feel free to post your comments below so we can give you attention to what you want to say about being a Good PHP Community Member.

• PHP FIG  - Framework Interoperability Group
• PSR-2 - PHP Standards Recommendation 2 - Coding Style Guide
• PSR-12 - PHP Standards Recommendation 12 - Extended Coding Style