Comments on: Common PHP Equivalents in JavaScript

By: Matt Hackett

Matt Hackett — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 21:11:21 +0000

@Wally: ironically, I found the “bad” method being used in the Raptr code ;)

Wally — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 20:27:07 +0000

I prefer (and a Raptr standard):

$a[] = $foo, instead of array_push($a,$foo) cause it’s prettier. didn’t know there was cost to calling array_push; good to know.

within JS, array.push(foo) is also more readable than array[array.length] = foo;

within the front-end, i’m not convinced of using exit or die() in PHP or ‘return’ within JS context ….

i’m sure we’ll have many philosophical discussions on software design at Raptr =)

Jani Hartikainen — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 13:13:33 +0000

There’s also a library called PHP.JS, which ports various PHP functions to JS

I haven’t yet decided whether I like the idea or not =)