On Sun, Jan 3, 2010 at 7:48 AM, <webmas...@vbplusme.com> wrote: > Hello Eddie, > > Sunday, January 3, 2010, 3:25:22 PM, you wrote: > > > The primary difference between a variable and a constant is > > mutability. If your database authorization details are not going to > > change, make them constants. If your database details DO change > > throughout the execution of a script, make them variables. In regards > > to the performance of constants in PHP, that's an incredibly minor > > improvement (a microoptimization, really) and it's my opinion that you > > ought to be writing software to be good code and not have to hack > > around considerations like how many microseconds your database > > username declaration takes.[...] >
Though you might also want to consider loading the values from a config file, which is easy to change when you move your app from place to place, e.g., from development to production. Zend_Config makes this especially easy. You set a default configuration environment and define other flavors that inherit from it. http://framework.zend.com/manual/en/zend.config.html -- Support real health care reform: http://phimg.org/ -- David Mintz http://davidmintz.org/
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