Title: Generic Variable/Constant Names
Last modified: August 18, 2016

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# Generic Variable/Constant Names

 *  [BlueEye](https://wordpress.org/support/users/blueeye/)
 * (@blueeye)
 * [21 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/generic-variableconstant-names/)
 * I’m rather disappointed in the use of generic variable and/or constant names 
   in 1.5. In particular, the constants (DB_USER, DB_PASSWORD, DB_NAME, DB_HOST)
   used for database information in wp-config.php. This is a poor programming practice
   at best, and is almost certain to cause problems with a significant number of
   users. If I’m not mistaken, this practice is specifically warned against in the
   coding guidelines for plugin developers. Please change this in future versions.
   I have already run into this problem in upgrading a site that I do not have the
   option of changing constants that are previously defined for other areas of the
   site.
 * Otherwise, you guys rock!
 * Thanks!

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