Hi Woh:
> 2) Part of the reason for upgrading is that the application has taken a
> HUGE hit in performance after we updated mysql connections to mysqli and
> moved most of the php files above the web root folder.
The way files are included can be a significant performance issue.
It's best to use full, true, paths when including files. One strategy
I've used is having all scripts include one central config file via a
relative path. Then in that script do this:
define('PATH_BASE', realpath(dirname(__FILE__));
Then all other includes/requires in the application should do:
require PATH_BASE . '/subdir/whatever/some_other_file.php'
This removes the need to use the include_path and simplifies the
operations PHP needs to do for caching file names and paths.
Also, carefully consider the order of entries in the include_path
setting. Put the directories in there in order of most used first,
least used last.
--Dan
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