1.2.895. Order Of Declaration

The order used to declare members and methods has a great impact on readability and maintenance. However, practices varies greatly. As usual, being consistent is the most important and useful.

The suggested order is the following : traits, constants, properties, methods. Optional characteristics, like final, static… are not specified. Special methods names are not specified.

<?php

class x {
    use traits;

    const CONSTANTS = 1;
    const CONSTANTS2 = 1;
    const CONSTANTS3 = 1;

    private $property = 2;
    private $property2 = 2;
    private $property3 = 2;

    public function foo() {}
    public function foo2() {}
    public function foo3() {}
    public function foo4() {}
}

?>

1.2.895.1. Connex PHP features

• class

• anonymous-class

• abstract

1.2.895.1.1. Suggestions

• Always declare class elements (traits, constants, properties, methods) in the same order.

1.2.895.1.2. Specs

Short name	Classes/OrderOfDeclaration
Rulesets	All, Changed Behavior, Coding conventions
Exakat since	0.11.7
PHP Version	All
Severity
Time To Fix
Precision	Medium
Available in	Entreprise Edition, Exakat Cloud