Readable: no annoying ; or $ to distract you, only the real code Without $, how do you distinguish a constant from a variable? Concise: use + and - to set sta

Readable: no annoying ; or $ to distract you, only the real code Without $, how do you distinguish a constant from a variable? Concise: use + and - to set static or instance methods, \ for private, | for protected, / for public This seems more confusing. \ vs / does not scream public vs private. Seems like something I'd have to keep looking up. Safe by default: all the calls to echo or print ar wrapped with htmlentities, to prevent XSS flaws You should be using a templating system like Smarty, and not echoing or printing HTML output