Form labels

Is there any point in using form labels for the field names?

It is generally useful to use form field names that match the database field names, but I think there are more reasons for the labels and field names to be independent of each other than for them to be the same. For instance, some labels may be quite long, such as: "Describe your previous experience with form labels:"
Also, say you have a multi-language form. You may want the form labels to be in whatever language has been chosen, so they are elements in an array like so: <?php echo $label[11] ?>. In this example the variable $label would determine the language.
On the other hand, wherever possible you want your labels and the form field names to be easily identified with each other, or you can go nuts as you manage complex forms. In the previous example, there is no easy way to know that $label[11] refers to "city" and $label[12] refers to "state".

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