[TYPO3-dev] Official coding guidelines of TYPO3

[Dmitry Dulepov]

Hi!

Franz Holzinger wrote:
> The CGL says: "Use of global is not recommended. Always use
> $GLOBALS['variable']."
> 
> But why do you recommend the longer way to use $GLOBALS['TYPO3_CONF_VARS
> '] instead of $TYPO3_CONF_VARS? Maybe it is because 'global'
> declarations might not work in some cases.
> It is easier to write and read if the variable names are shorter.

It is because sometimes people forget to write "global $WHATEVER" or accidentally delete it and it causes hard to catch errors.

What would you prefer: shorter code or smaller chances of errors?

> And it causes red code warnings in the EM if you follow the Coding
> Guidelines:
> No XCLASS inclusion code found in file "lib/class.tx_extkey_filename.php"

With the current EM — yes. There is a bug report about it. It needs a different regexp in the EM.

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