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Re: using same variable twice on same page [message #171623 is a reply to message #171375] Wed, 12 January 2011 15:54 Go to previous messageGo to previous message
sheldonlg is currently offline  sheldonlg
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On 12/30/2010 8:57 PM, The Natural Philosopher wrote:
> Tim Streater wrote:
>> In article <ifhj8t$1hd$2(at)news(dot)albasani(dot)net>,
>> The Natural Philosopher <tnp(at)invalid(dot)invalid> wrote:
>>
>>> August Karlstrom wrote:
>>>> On 2010-12-29 11:42, Derek Turner wrote:
>>>> > On Tue, 28 Dec 2010 22:07:55 -0700, richard wrote:
>>>> >
>>>> >> <?php if ($year="1961")
>>>> >
>>>> > This simply sets $year to "1961" and will always return 'true'
>>>> > ...which is more or less a flaw in the language design copied
>>> from C.
>>>
>>> Which is more or less a feature of clarity,....not a flaw.
>>>
>>> BASIC is the flawed language, allowing '=' to mean SET TO and EQUALS
>>> according to ambiguous context
>>>
>>> Sadly PHP copied BASICS lack of explicit typing as well.
>>
>> I don't want explicit typing. Let the language work for you.
>>
> I guess I am not lazy enough and prefer the language to do exactly what
> I tell it.

I, too, would prefer strict typing as well. That would eliminate many
errors where you think you have numbers but really have strings.
However, on the whole, PHP is great.

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Shelly
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