[PHP] Newbie Question on Efficiency

2002-07-16 Thread Michael Kennedy
Hello everyone, I'm a newbie and have a question on style that I've not seen addressed anywhere. I have a large number of frequently used functions that I'm trying to find a good way to organize. The method I'm thinking of using is to simply create a .php file called, for example,

Re: [PHP] Newbie Question on Efficiency

2002-07-16 Thread Martin Clifford
Unless the file is getting retartedly big (10-20K), then I wouldn't separate them. Though if you have enough functions, you could justify making separate files for your database functions, output functions, backend functions, etc. Martin Clifford Homepage: http://www.completesource.net

RE: [PHP] Newbie Question on Efficiency

2002-07-16 Thread Michael Kennedy
, 2002 4:01 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [PHP] Newbie Question on Efficiency Unless the file is getting retartedly big (10-20K), then I wouldn't separate them. Though if you have enough functions, you could justify making separate files for your database

Re: [PHP] Newbie Question on Efficiency

2002-07-16 Thread Monty
If you have have a large number of functions, it might be better to separate them into a few files that you can include as needed. I use one file that contains functions needed by every page. I have a few other files that contain functions that aren't needed by every page, so, I include them only

RE: [PHP] Newbie Question on Efficiency : Follow-up Question

2002-07-16 Thread Michael Kennedy
. Michael -Original Message- From: Monty [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, July 16, 2002 5:44 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [PHP] Newbie Question on Efficiency If you have have a large number of functions, it might be better to separate them into a few files that you can

RE: [PHP] Newbie Question on Efficiency : Follow-up Question

2002-07-16 Thread John Holmes
... -Original Message- From: Michael Kennedy [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, July 16, 2002 7:26 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [PHP] Newbie Question on Efficiency : Follow-up Question OK, if I understand C++ correctly, if I write a program and #include iostream.h

Re: [PHP] Newbie Question on Efficiency : Follow-up Question

2002-07-16 Thread Analysis Solutions
On Tue, Jul 16, 2002 at 06:25:42PM -0500, Michael Kennedy wrote: OK, if I understand C++ correctly, if I write a program and #include iostream.h or something similar and compile the program it only compiles with the used functions in it, right? So, if I never use 'cin' it leaves that

RE: [PHP] Newbie Question on Efficiency : Follow-up Question

2002-07-16 Thread Michael Kennedy
. Thanks. Michael -Original Message- From: John Holmes [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, July 16, 2002 8:05 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [PHP] Newbie Question on Efficiency : Follow-up Question PHP loads everything up before it starts doing anything

RE: [PHP] Newbie Question on Efficiency : Follow-up Question

2002-07-16 Thread Martin Towell
-Original Message- From: Michael Kennedy [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, July 17, 2002 1:36 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [PHP] Newbie Question on Efficiency : Follow-up Question Yeah, that's what I figured. With C++ you could find evidence that it only grabbed

RE: [PHP] Newbie Question on Efficiency : Follow-up Question

2002-07-16 Thread Michael Kennedy
: [PHP] Newbie Question on Efficiency : Follow-up Question The only reason a compiled language would not include a function/module/etc is to reduce the size of the final executable. Since php doesn't store (barring the caching engines, but they work differently anyway) a compiled version