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A /data directory #31

Closed adamculp closed 7 years ago

adamculp commented 7 years ago

It seems to be common place among many PHP applications to have a standard /data directory. Since I do not see it in the skeleton, and some of the linked research examples, I assume it was discussed and eliminated from consideration. Thoughts?

pmjones commented 7 years ago

Per the research, a data/ directory is not as common as you might think. Its frequency is only about 1%; cf https://github.com/php-pds/skeleton_research/blob/1.x/results/05-dirs.txt#L102 .

Having said that, a data/ directory is not prohibited by the standard; the publication just does not explicitly state a standard name for that kind of directory.

adamculp commented 7 years ago

Fair point. I think we can close this, but thought it warranted enough attention to be added to the history for future generations. Thanks.