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[Kenneth Downs]

Peter Sawczynec wrote:
> I'm always attempting a tight level of coordinated, human readable 
> consistent naming for my data, i.e. I try to:
> a) use the same name such as "First Name" on my HTML form,
> b) use that variable name in my PHP script (i.e. $First_Name), and
> c) get the field name in tables in MySQL to match (again i.e. FirstName).
Name consistency is of course a great idea.
> My issues are about the spaces in data names. (To me, spaces is what 
> makes data names
> human readable.)
>  
> In MySQL:
> I forget, you can use spaces, but should surround in tics, right. Like 
> so: 'First Name'.
Strike 1, requires special handling.
>  
> In PHP:
> Can't have spaces.
Strike 2, can't do it at all
>  
> In HTML forms:
> Can have spaces, but might cause problems.
Strike 3, unpredictable results = phone call on day off
>  
> So I'm just asking for an opinion, do you deal with spaces in variables?
> Never use spaces?
>  
I think we've answered the question :)
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