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diff --git a/user_guide/general/styleguide.html b/user_guide/general/styleguide.html index 43385d064..feccbd7b2 100644 --- a/user_guide/general/styleguide.html +++ b/user_guide/general/styleguide.html @@ -69,6 +69,7 @@ Style Guide <h2>Table of Contents</h2> <ul class="minitoc"> + <li><a href="#file_format">File Format</a></li> <li><a href="#php_closing_tag">PHP Closing Tag</a></li> <li><a href="#class_and_method_naming">Class and Method Naming</a></li> <li><a href="#variable_names">Variable Names</a></li> @@ -98,6 +99,43 @@ Style Guide <li><a href="#overlapping_tag_parameters">Overlapping Tag Parameters</a></li> </ul> +<li> + + <h2><a name="file_format"></a>File Format</h2> + <div class="guidelineDetails"> + <p>Files should be saved with Unicode (UTF-8) encoding. The <abbr title="Byte Order Mark">BOM</abbr> + should <em>not</em> be used. Unlike UTF-16 and UTF-32, there's no byte order to indicate in + a UTF-8 encoded file, and the <abbr title="Byte Order Mark">BOM</abbr> can have a negative side effect in PHP of sending output, + preventing the application from being able to set its own headers. Unix line endings should + be used (LF).</p> + + <p>Here is how to apply these settings in some of the more common text editors. Instructions for your + text editor may vary; check your text editor's documentation.</p> + + <h5>TextMate</h5> + + <ol> + <li>Open the Application Preferences</li> + <li>Click Advanced, and then the "Saving" tab</li> + <li>In "File Encoding", select "UTF-8 (recommended)"</li> + <li>In "Line Endings", select "LF (recommended)"</li> + <li><em>Optional:</em> Check "Use for existing files as well" if you wish to modify the line + endings of files you open to your new preference.</li> + </ol> + + <h5>BBEdit</h5> + + <ol> + <li>Open the Application Preferences</li> + <li>Select "Text Encodings" on the left.</li> + <li>In "Default text encoding for new documents", select "Unicode (UTF-8, no BOM)"</li> + <li><em>Optional:</em> In "If file's encoding can't be guessed, use", select + "Unicode (UTF-8, no BOM)"</li> + <li>Select "Text Files" on the left.</li> + <li>In "Default line breaks", select "Mac OS X and Unix (LF)"</li> + </ol> + </div> + <h2><a name="php_closing_tag"></a>PHP Closing Tag</h2> <div class="guidelineDetails"> <p>The PHP closing tag on a PHP document <strong>?></strong> is optional to the PHP parser. However, if used, any whitespace following the closing tag, whether introduced |