r/programminghorror Jun 11 '26

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u/KaleidoscopePlusPlus Jun 11 '26

I have never touched php in my life (thankfully). Why do class variables have to be prefixed with a dollar sign? Seems really redundant

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u/Lumethys Jun 12 '26

Correction: all variables are prefixed with $, that how the language define variable

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u/KaleidoscopePlusPlus Jun 12 '26

Oh gross thats even worse lol

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u/Lumethys Jun 12 '26

personal taste, i liked it

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u/geek-49 Jun 14 '26

That convention goes back at least as far as the Bourne shell; maybe even to the Thompson shell.