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When there are no arguments, we have these two options:

$obj = new MyClass;

vs.

$obj = new MyClass();

I always pick the former, just because.

Any thoughts?

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Duplicate from stackoverflow: stackoverflow.com/questions/6830401/… – Asaf Aug 31 '12 at 21:27
And also: stackoverflow.com/questions/3873111/… – Jack Sep 1 '12 at 1:43
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You can't duplicate questions cross-network. Specific, answerable questions about coding standards/conventions are on-topic here. – user8 Sep 5 '12 at 12:45
However, given the existence of the question on Stack Overflow you have to wonder why felt the need to ask it here. – ChrisF♦ Sep 5 '12 at 12:56
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@ChrisF Oh I'm sorry. Next time I'll just read the entire internet to avoid bothering you with my "duplicate". – ChocoDeveloper Sep 6 '12 at 9:22

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Include them. It isn't much extra work and it won't confuse people that don't know that leaving them off the parenthesis is an option.

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+1 I didn't know you could leave them off. It would have confused me! – MrMisterMan Sep 5 '12 at 13:03
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Include them; with PHP, you want to be as specific and unambiguous as you can.

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In ANY programming, you want to be as specific and unambiguous as you can. – Jeremy J Starcher Sep 1 '12 at 0:25
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@JeremyJStarcher Though this isn't really ambiguous, just confusing for people who don't know about this optional syntax. – ChocoDeveloper Sep 1 '12 at 4:17
Yes, it's not really possible for one to be ambiguous in a programming language, as far as the computer is concerned, because it still knows what to do. Rather I meant that dropping little bits of unnecessary syntax here and there is a slippery slop of special cases that results in code that simply takes longer for other humans, or your future self, to understand. – Eliot Ball Sep 1 '12 at 10:42

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