Re: [PHP] How to store data that doesn't change?
At 8:46 AM -0400 9/15/10, Peter van der Does wrote: Hi, How do you people store data that doesn't change, an example of this would be the version number of your software. You might want to use it through out your program but how to you store it? As far as I can see there are several options to use this data. 1. Global Variable 2. Store it in a registry class 3. Store it in a named constant. 4. Use a function that will return the data (kind of like a regsitry class but it's not a class) Personally I don't like option 1 but what about the other options. Is any of them faster then the others. What other pros and cons are there. Make it's a Constant -- it's simply a Global that doesn't change. I typically hold such things in a global configuration file that can be included when needed. Cheers, tedd -- --- http://sperling.com/ -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
[PHP] How to store data that doesn't change?
Hi, How do you people store data that doesn't change, an example of this would be the version number of your software. You might want to use it through out your program but how to you store it? As far as I can see there are several options to use this data. 1. Global Variable 2. Store it in a registry class 3. Store it in a named constant. 4. Use a function that will return the data (kind of like a regsitry class but it's not a class) Personally I don't like option 1 but what about the other options. Is any of them faster then the others. What other pros and cons are there. -- Peter van der Does GPG key: E77E8E98 IRC: Ganseki on irc.freenode.net Twitter: @petervanderdoes WordPress Plugin Developer Blog: http://blog.avirtualhome.com Forums: http://forums.avirtualhome.com Twitter: @avhsoftware -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] How to store data that doesn't change?
On 15 September 2010 14:46, Peter van der Does pvanderd...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, How do you people store data that doesn't change, an example of this would be the version number of your software. You might want to use it through out your program but how to you store it? As far as I can see there are several options to use this data. 1. Global Variable 2. Store it in a registry class 3. Store it in a named constant. 4. Use a function that will return the data (kind of like a regsitry class but it's not a class) Personally I don't like option 1 but what about the other options. Is any of them faster then the others. What other pros and cons are there. 3. Constant, as long as you're dealing with scalars. Regards Peter -- hype WWW: http://plphp.dk / http://plind.dk LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/plind BeWelcome/Couchsurfing: Fake51 Twitter: http://twitter.com/kafe15 /hype -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] How to store data that doesn't change?
On Wed, 2010-09-15 at 08:46 -0400, Peter van der Does wrote: Hi, How do you people store data that doesn't change, an example of this would be the version number of your software. You might want to use it through out your program but how to you store it? As far as I can see there are several options to use this data. 1. Global Variable 2. Store it in a registry class 3. Store it in a named constant. 4. Use a function that will return the data (kind of like a regsitry class but it's not a class) Personally I don't like option 1 but what about the other options. Is any of them faster then the others. What other pros and cons are there. -- Peter van der Does GPG key: E77E8E98 IRC: Ganseki on irc.freenode.net Twitter: @petervanderdoes WordPress Plugin Developer Blog: http://blog.avirtualhome.com Forums: http://forums.avirtualhome.com Twitter: @avhsoftware I'd go with a constant, for the simple reason that it means the variable can't and shouldn't change in the execution of the script. The constant could be within a class or a global, however you prefer. There will be slightly more memory used in a class, but it avoids the constant from conflicting with others in the script possibly. Creating a whole function or class for this does seem a little overkill probably, so a simple global constant should do the job really. Thanks, Ash http://www.ashleysheridan.co.uk
