Question

 <div class="meta">
<?php echo  $submitted."pubblished in".$fenl; ?>
<a href="<?php echo base_path().'comp/'.$node->nid;?>">
<?php echo $comment_count;?>comment</a>
</div>

it there a better way to write the above code.

2,

function blog_gettag(){
    $terms = mysql_query('SELECT vid,name FROM term WHERE vid=2');
    $items = array(); 
    foreach ($terms as $term){
        $items[] = $term->name;
    }

    return $items;
}

could i delete $items = array(); this line. thank you.

Answer 1

1. Not really, unless you count the short-tags, but they are frowned on.

2. Technically, it would be created automatically, but you should pre-declare the empty array, it should generate a warning if you did not.

NB. If you have two separate questions, they should be asked separately in future.