Normally, yes. The chances of a page NOT accessing the db is slim at best. I
generally keep them there because the speed lost on parsing function
definitions is minute and I don't have to worry about including numerous
files in each page - or worse going through 100's of pages and adding an
include I need when I add new functionality!
--Joe
On Wed, Feb 14, 2001 at 05:16:52PM -0800, Jonathan Sharp wrote:
> do you include EVERY file in init.inc even if that script doesn't use it? So
> if you have a db.inc and it doesn't use the db at all...is it included?
>
> -Jonathan
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Joe Stump [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > Sent: Wednesday, February 14, 2001 5:11 PM
> > To: Ben Peter
> > Cc: John McCreesh; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Subject: Re: [PHP] Structuring large PHP programs
> >
> >
> > The way I normally do it is I have ONE main include (usually init.inc)
> > and then all files that I might need throught my page I put in init.inc
> >
> > I works nicely for me.
> >
> > --Joe
> >
> > On Wed, Feb 14, 2001 at 09:15:35PM +0100, Ben Peter wrote:
> > > John,
> > >
> > > part of this is a matter of taste - I would personally rather split this
> > > into functions.
> > >
> > > BUT: even if you _are_ using functions, you should only include() the
> > > file with the function when you need it, IF this part of the code is
> > > getting large. This way, php will not need to parse code that it won't
> > > need anyway.
> > >
> > > Ben
> > >
> > >
> > > John McCreesh wrote:
> > > >
> > > > What is the best practice for structuring a PHP program which is
> > > > becoming too large to manage as a single file? Should it be
> > broken into
> > > > a number of includes, e.g.:
> > > >
> > > > switch ($whatever) {
> > > > case 0:
> > > > include('case0.php');
> > > > break;
> > > > case 1:
> > > > include('case1.php');
> > > > break;
> > > > case 2:
> > > > include('case2.php');
> > > > break;
> > > > }
> > > >
> > > > or a number of functions:
> > > >
> > > > require('mylib');
> > > > switch ($whatever) {
> > > > case 0:
> > > > case0();
> > > > break;
> > > > case 1:
> > > > case1();
> > > > break;
> > > > case 2:
> > > > case3();
> > > > break;
> > > > }
> > > >
> > > > Any thoughts, references to articles (couldn't find anything in
> > > > PHPBuilder), etc gratefully received...
> > > >
> > > > Thanks - John
> > > >
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