RE: [PHP] make a set of variables available to all visitors?

[olinux]

Actually the static variables will be used to make the
query. 

ie 
I want these static variables to be used so that my
url can be transformed into a numeric reference for
the db query

 website.com/finance/

finance gets parsed out of URL to be used in where
condition 

 $article_type = array(news = 1,opinion =
 2,finance = 3);

$sql = SELECT * FROM articles WHERE article_type =
'2';
/* where condition will contain other criteria as well
(date/region) */


olinux

--- Cal Evans [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
 Actually, if they are static variables that rarely
 or never change, I would
 stick with the include file.  It's faster than
 making a database connection
 and selecting them.
 
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 * Cal Evans
 * Journeyman Programmer
 * Techno-Mage
 * http://www.calevans.com
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 -Original Message-
 From: olinux [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
 Sent: Sunday, April 14, 2002 11:40 AM
 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
 Subject: [PHP] make a set of variables available to
 all visitors?
 
 
 What would be the best way to make a set of
 variables
 available to all visitors?
 
 example:
 if I stick all variables in a separate file and
 include - include(settings.php); - that works fine.
 seems that this is a lot of overhead to include
 these
 on every page. These variables would never change
 (they basically turn an alpha string into numeric to
 speed up queries.) I don't think hard coding would
 be
 a great solution either...
 
 simplified example:
 one set of variables to be included on all pages
 refer
 to the article type - i would like to use urls that
 make sense to the visitor rather than number strings
 so -
 $article_type = array(news = 1,opinion =
 2,finance = 3);
 
 Maybe it would be best to simply query for WHERE
 article_type = 'news' etc.
 
 Thanks much,
 olinux
 
 
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RE: [PHP] make a set of variables available to all visitors?

[Cal Evans]

Actually, if they are static variables that rarely or never change, I would
stick with the include file.  It's faster than making a database connection
and selecting them.

=C=

*
* Cal Evans
* Journeyman Programmer
* Techno-Mage
* http://www.calevans.com
*


-Original Message-
From: olinux [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Sunday, April 14, 2002 11:40 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: [PHP] make a set of variables available to all visitors?


What would be the best way to make a set of variables
available to all visitors?

example:
if I stick all variables in a separate file and
include - include(settings.php); - that works fine.
seems that this is a lot of overhead to include these
on every page. These variables would never change
(they basically turn an alpha string into numeric to
speed up queries.) I don't think hard coding would be
a great solution either...

simplified example:
one set of variables to be included on all pages refer
to the article type - i would like to use urls that
make sense to the visitor rather than number strings
so -
$article_type = array(news = 1,opinion =
2,finance = 3);

Maybe it would be best to simply query for WHERE
article_type = 'news' etc.

Thanks much,
olinux


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