From: Sarah Hoffmann <lonvia@denofr.de>
Date: Sat, 21 Jul 2018 06:47:37 +0000 (+0200)
Subject: add a note about variable naming for PHP
X-Git-Tag: v3.2.0~42
X-Git-Url: https://git.openstreetmap.org./nominatim.git/commitdiff_plain/81b90c9f15d05bc7bd7eb0eabe29b315a7778ff2

add a note about variable naming for PHP
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diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
index 242a9d6f..cd8d1cc1 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -78,6 +78,8 @@ are in process of consolidating the style. The following rules apply:
    * no spaces after opening and before closing bracket
    * leave out space between a function name and bracket
      but add one between control statement(if, while, etc.) and bracket
+ * for PHP variables use CamelCase with a prefixing letter indicating the type
+   (i - integer, f - float, a - array, s - string, o - object)
 
 The coding style is enforced with PHPCS and can be tested with: