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Naming conventions

Naming conventions are also referred as:

  • Naming style
  • Case convention

Reference matrix

Lower case Title case Upper case Sentence case
_ (underscore) Snake case Ada case Macro case -
- (dash) Kebab case Train case Cobol case -
. (dot) Dot notation - - -
(space) Lower case Title case Upper case Sentence case
(empty string) - Camel case
Pascal case
- -

Description table (wip)

Convention name Description Usage AKA
Camel case PHP method names Camel caps, Medial capitals, Lower camel case
Pascal case PHP class names Upper camel case
Snake case All letters in lower-case separated with a _ (underscore) PHP functions
Ada case
Macro case PHP constants
Kebab case
Train case
Cobol case
Dot notation
Lower case
Title case
Upper case
Sentence case

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