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Aken Roberts

@akenroberts.com

Hey PHP devs, fun fact: the #️⃣ emoji starts a line comment!

26/11/24, 11:12 pm19 reposts50 likes

Alexander Schranz

@alexanderschranz.com

29 Nov 2024

Basically the emoji is a combination of # characters plus other bits and so get interpreted as #. It works in a few languages having # as comment. echo substr('#️⃣', 0, 1); Will just output `#` 3v4l.org/2XAsY

3v4l.org2XAsY - created on 3v4l.orgView the output of this script on 3v4l.org: the online PHP shell with 250+ PHP versions

Alexander Schranz

@alexanderschranz.com

29 Nov 2024

may not work in PHP 6 ;)

Larry Williamson (L422Y)

@l422y.com

28 Nov 2024

how did php comments get an emoji??

COil 🐝

@coil.ooo

29 Nov 2024

TIL: this emoji is called "keycap" emojiterra.com/keycap-number/

emojiterra.com#️⃣ Keycap: # EmojiMeaning #️⃣ emoji: The keycap: # emoji #️⃣ features a pound or hash sign in the shape of a keycap, commonly used to represent hashtags or as

Danny Festor

@festor.info

28 Nov 2024

You learn something new every day. Time to rewrite all my projects

Aken Roberts

@akenroberts.com

28 Nov 2024

You can use emoji for variable names, too 🫣