I wrote the PWEE PHP extension to solve this exact problem. http://pwee.sourceforge.net
It's great for constants but it's true power comes from "executor persistent" variables. I haven't updated the web site but it does work with PHP 4.2.3. Lance > -----Original Message----- > From: Jean-Christian Imbeault [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Sunday, September 29, 2002 6:59 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [PHP] Static constants? Server persistent? > > > This is a bit hard for me to explain but is there any way to have PHP > store a persistent server-side constant. Something that will stay in RAM > and is not dependent on client connection. > > For example I have this code in consts.inc file: > > define ("HOME_PAGE", "http://myip.com/index.html); > > But if I want access to the constant I need to include the file in every > script that needs it. > > I am hoping there is some way to say to the PHP engine, "this is a > static constant that will never change, keep it RAM, and share it > between invocations/children". > > Is this feasible? Is it is I could then "cache" whole blocks of static > HTML and that would speed up my scripts quite a bit ... AND my my life > as a programmer easier since I wouldn't have to always have an > "include("conts.inc")" statement at the top of each of my scripts ... > > Jc > > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
