What's the best naming convention for functions

[drtanz]

I am trying to decide on using a naming convention for my functions, I've read that zend recommends camelCase but I've also come across alot of PHP functions named like so:

 

function my_function($args) {

}

 

Which is best?

[salathe]

Any, so long as it is clear (like camelCase and under_scored), descriptive and consistent throughout your code.

[gwolgamott]

As salathe said as long as it is clear. Depends on your audience too. I prefer underscores, just because I can pick them out quickly is all though. Then again I tend to try to make it look cleaner at times with using underscores for variables and then camelCode for my functions, especially if intended for someone else to look at my code just to make it easier to read.

[oni-kun]

CheckInput()

CheckVars()

CheckCheck()

 

Just gets old to me. Underscores are great for pseudo-catagorization

 

check_input_length()

check_input_parameters()

session_set()

session_remove()

display_integer()

dispay_formatted()

[drtanz]

Ared dashes used regularly too or are underscores preferred?

[Adam]

Dashes are invalid characters in function/variable names.