Camel-case or snake-case for Drupal code?
For some time, Drupal's PHP coding standards allows for writing variables in either snake-case (e.g. $my_variable) or lower camel-case (e.g. $myVariable).
It originally only allowed for snake-case variable names but once it accepted both, I switched to camel-case as my default.
Why? I didn't like the inconsistency of using one approach for variable names and one for method and property names in PHP classes (which were always camel-case).
I'd have had code like this with a mixture of both:
class MyClass {
private EntityTypeManagerInterface $entityTypeManager;
public function __construct(EntityTypeManagerInterface $entity_type_manager) {
$this->entityTypeManager = $entity_type_manager;
}
}
Or even more simply:
$entity_type_manager = \Drupal::entityTypeManager();
I prefer not to have to consistently think about which to use and, if possible, like to use standard approaches in different codebases whether I'm working on a Drupal project, a Symfony project, or a PHP library.
Plus, I get to use new PHP features like promoted constructor properties if everything is named in the same format.
- Oliver
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