Cherrycake uses the for entity naming, file naming and code structure. Of course, you can use your favorite conventions in your Cherrycake app.
Entities
camelCase for variables, properties and methods.
PascalCase for types, classes and modules.
UPPER_CASE_SNAKE_CASE for constants.
For example:
define("DEFINE_NAME", true);
$variableName = null;
class ClassName {
var $propertyName;
function methodName() {
[...]
}
}
$objectName = new ClassName;
File naming
Please note that class auto-loading might not work properly if you don't follow this naming conventions.
Code structure
Feel free to use the structure methodology you prefer in your code. Cherrycake's own choice is tabs instead of spaces and a somewhat typical multi-line approach to function declarations and overall tidiness.
Here's an example code with some of this conventions in place:
<?php // Use the full PHP opening tag instead of the shorthand <? for compatibility
class ClassName { // Brackets on the same line
var $propertyName = 1 + 3; // Operators surrounded by spaces
// Empty lines between logical blocks are acceptable to add readability
/**
* PHPDoc is used to document code when needed.
* @param boolean $divisor The divisor.
* @return boolean True on success, false on failure.
*/
function methodName($divisor) { // No separation between the method/function name and the parenthesis
global $e; // The Cherrycake engine is stored globally in the $e variable
if ($this->propertyName > 100) // Control structures like if, for, while and switch are one space away from the parenthesis
return false; // Single-line statements without brackets are acceptable, as long as they improve readability
for ($i = 1; $i < 100; $i ++) // Space after semicolons in for control structures
if ($i % $divisor == 0) // Nested control structures without brackets are acceptable, as long as they improve readability
echo "$i is divisible by $divisor"; // Variable interpolation in strings is acceptable when it adds readability
$e->ModuleName->methodName(
$this->propertyName, // Multiline tabbed parameters are acceptable to add readability when the number of parameters is long
[
"id" => $this->propertyName,
"key" => [
"a" => true, // Depth of multidimensional arrays is also expressed with tabs
"b" => 12
]
] // Specially when functions receive complex parameters like this hash array
);
return true;
}
}
// No need to use the ?> PHP closing tag
If you're contributing to the Cherrycake Engine, please follow this conventions.
Class names, module names and directories follow the same PascalCase convention, take a look at the section for more information.
