Class and function declarations have their opening brace on the same line, and follow a modified "K&R style".
class Foo { //... code goes here }
function fooFunction($arg1, $arg2 = 'default') { if (condition) { statement; } return $val; }
Arguments with default values go at the end of the argument list. Always attempt to return a meaningful value from a function if one is appropriate. Here is a slightly longer example:
function connect(&$dsn, $persistent = false) { if (is_array($dsn)) { $dsninfo = &$dsn; } else { $dsninfo = DB::parseDSN($dsn); } if (!$dsninfo || !$dsninfo['phptype']) { return $this->raiseError(); } return true; }