Hello, I'd recommand to check out the SRM project at www.vl-srm.net. This is especailly designed for this. THe integrating with PHP is not an a very high level at this moment (IE, no $HTTP_APP_DATA_VARS is set), but that is just a matter of time. The functionality is there at this moment, and is now being tested. If you need some more information, you can mail me privately, or write to the [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list. regards, Derick On 1 Jul 2001 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Operating system: all > PHP version: 4.0.6 > PHP Bug Type: Feature/Change Request > Bug description: ASP/ColdFusion Application type freature > > I'd like PHP to have a feature that behaves similar to ASPs Application (global.asa) >file. > > For example if I want to store the sitemap in a database to generate a navigation >menu it's unneccessary to query the database upon every request, instead I'd like to >store that informatoin in a "php-application-wide" storage > (Maybe $PHP_APPLICATION_VARS[] array). > > I can see it could behave similar to the session functions. When session functions >are shared between requests, the application is shared between requests. > > To do this, you could start an application with: > application_start("name"); > > I've not been thinking much about security, but I reckon it should not be possible >to hijack an application, therefore there needs to be a (filebased) system that >determines which files can be within an application. Maybe with a path? like: > > application_start("name", "/path/to/where/my/files/are"); > which means that all files have to be within that folder or in it. > > There should also be a way to determine if the application is started or not, this >to run the code upon start. Like; > > if(!application_exsists("name")) { > // This code is being run when the application starts > application_start("name", "/path/to/files/"); > } > > This would reduce server load and eliminate "hacks" in this area. > > Comments? > > Cheers, > > /Jocke Selin - jocke.selincite.com / [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > -- > Edit Bug report at: http://bugs.php.net/?id=11815&edit=1 > > > > -- > PHP Development Mailing List <http://www.php.net/> > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To contact the list administrators, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Derick Rethans --------------------------------------------------------------------- PHP: Scripting the Web - www.php.net - [EMAIL PROTECTED] SRM: Site Resource Manager - www.vl-srm.net --------------------------------------------------------------------- -- PHP Development Mailing List <http://www.php.net/> To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To contact the list administrators, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]