Spaces instead of tabs.

[[e]r!k]

I'm using spaces instead of tabs since tabs are not the same in all programs. What do you think of this? Maybe you're doing the same?

[Moonglobe]

for the second time today:

tabs suck.


my current style is like this:

PHP Code:

if ($condition)
{
    //1 brace per line, 4 space indent per level
}


[jebster]

Originally posted by Moonglobe
for the second time today:

tabs suck.


my current style is like this:

PHP Code:

if ($condition)
{
    //1 brace per line, 4 space indent per level
}


I only do 2 spaces cause when I used 4 the code didn't like fitting in the screen always!

[drawmack]

the coding standard that I use recommends spaces instead of tabs because tabs vary from program to program. For number of spaces it's a bit squishing saying should be 3 or 4 but must be consistent once a number is choosen.

[Weedpacket]

The style I've tended to settle on is to use tabs for primary indenting only, and spaces for all other - er, spacing.

PHP Code:

function_foo()
{
    $oink_=_bar();
    for($i=0;_$i<10;_$i++)
    {
        $baz____=_'This';___________//_Baz_is_that
        $wibble_=_'Something_Else';_//_While_Wibble_is_something_else.
        switch($oink[$i])
        {
        case_1:
            blink();
            break;
        case_2:
            barf();
            break;
        case_3:
            boggle();
            break;
        default:
            crash_and_burn();
        }
    }
    $smoo_=_array_pop($oink);
    echo_($smoo=='whatever')
    _____?_"Smoo_is_whatever"
    _____:_"Smoo_isn't.";
}


(Where I've used '_' instead of space so's you can tell them apart from
tabs without having to cut-and-paste it all yourself).

If I was writing more densely (as I tend to do), I'd gobble a line or so by going

PHP Code:

function_foo()
{    $oink_=_bar();
    for($i=0;_$i<10;_$i++)
    {    $baz____=_'This';___________//_Baz_is_that


Tab damage should only throw off formatting in the second case, and even then only if tabs are one character wide....

[laserlight]

Excluding any holy war on where exactly braces should be placed, I tend to use Weedpacket's version.

I usually use 4 space indents though, since 8 seems rather extreme to me, even if it is more "traditional".
2 doesnt quite give the visual differentiation of indent levels.

[bad76]

Originally posted by laserlight
Excluding any holy war on where exactly braces should be placed, I tend to use Weedpacket's version.

Too late warning , in the forum there is already any thread about this...



I agree with weedpacket too, but i'm used to not put blank in the code... ($baz='This';...)

[dotwebbie]

Hrm. I'm probably going to get pummeled, but I like to use the phpBB Coding Standards.

http://area51.phpbb.com/docs/guide-standards.html

I'm currently using them for the Site Control project (not to be confused with SiteControl ). There are some things in the standards docs that I disagree with, but for the most part, it makes code much easier to read and for someone else to go through and see what is happening.

[pyro]

I do it the same way that Weedpacket, or depending on what laserlight ment about the braces, perhaps her way...

[stolzyboy]

Originally posted by pyro
I do it the same way that Weedpacket, or depending on what laserlight ment about the braces, perhaps her way...

me too...

PHP Code:

for ($i = 0; $i < $outer_size; $i++)
{
   for ($j = 0; $j < $inner_size; $j++)
   {
      foo($i, $j);
   }
}


[pyro]

I'd code that as such:

PHP Code:

for ($i=0; $i<$outer_size; $i++) {
    for ($j=0; $j<$inner_size; $j++) {
        foo($i, $j);
    }
}


[stolzyboy]

Originally posted by pyro
I'd code that as such:

PHP Code:

for ($i=0; $i<$outer_size; $i++) {
    for ($j=0; $j<$inner_size; $j++) {
        foo($i, $j);
    }
}


oops, the me too was supposed to be for dotwebbie

i like them so you can look up and down and see them... not right after the condition

[pyro]

That's how I used to do it, but then I fell under the influence of a Java programmer...

[Moonglobe]

Originally posted by dotwebbie
Hrm. I'm probably going to get pummeled, but I like to use the phpBB Coding Standards.

http://area51.phpbb.com/docs/guide-standards.html

I'm currently using them for the Site Control project (not to be confused with SiteControl ). There are some things in the standards docs that I disagree with, but for the most part, it makes code much easier to read and for someone else to go through and see what is happening.

I agree with everything in that except for tabs, and the only thing i do wrong is the use of the ternary operator for REALLY complex things. So that's why i could read the phpBB source so easily....

[planetsim]

i use to be a "tab" er but i like to have only 2spaces.

But i guess it comes down to personal preference and if your working in a team the coding standard.