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Possible to allow MODx 0.9.7 to have this type of snippet parameter work?

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    Soshite Reply #1, 18 years, 6 months ago
    It seems that if you use something like this...

    [[snippet? &test-case=`This is a test`]]


    The - causes MODx to output a unexpected = error. I don’t know that much about PHP, but would it be possible to allow the - to be in the parameter call? It would be nice for grouping fields, such as &dairy-milk, as an example. wink
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      splittingred Reply #2, 18 years, 6 months ago
      Why not $dairyMilk? or dairy_milk? Using ’-’ in variable names is a bad PHP practice, and usually bad programming practice in general. I don’t think MODx will want to encourage that, imo.
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        Soshite Reply #3, 18 years, 6 months ago
        Quote from: splittingred at Apr 13, 2008, 09:49 PM

        Why not $dairyMilk? or dairy_milk? Using ’-’ in variable names is a bad PHP practice, and usually bad programming practice in general. I don’t think MODx will want to encourage that, imo.

        Oh, it is? I didn’t know that. tongue

        *makes a note*

        You can close the topic now, I guess.
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          dev_cw Reply #4, 18 years, 6 months ago
          the - is an Arithmetic Operator.
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