# Coding Guidelines

+ You can validate that your code complies with these guidelines by running `stuff/php-format.py validate`.
+ Tabs, no spaces.
+ End of line should should be Unix style (`\n`), not Windows style (`\r\n`).
+ Opening brackets goes in the same line as the last statement.

        if (condition) {
            stuff;
        }

+ A space between keywords and parenthesis for: `if`, `else`, `while`, `switch`, `catch`, `function`.
+ Function calls have no space before the parentheses.
+ No spaces are left inside the parentheses.
+ A space after each comma, but without space before.
+ All binary operators must have one space before and one after.
+ There should not be more than one contiguous blank line.
+ There should be no empty comments.
+ You should not use block comments `/ * ... * /`, only line `// ...`.
+ Changes in functionality must be accompanied by their respective new / modified tests.
+ Exceptions must be used to report erroneous states. The use of functions that return true / false is allowed when they are expected values.
+ Use [RAII] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Resource_Acquisition_Is_Initialization) when appropriate, mainly in the administration of resources (files, etc ...)
+ Any other another rule...