Req #46189 [Com]: php needs a compile-time include/require like #include

Edit report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=46189&edit=1 ID: 46189 Comment by: nikic@php.net Reported by: noah at missionecommerce dot com Summary: php needs a compile-time include/require like #include Status: Open Type: Feature/Change Request Package: Feature/Change Request Operating System: Linux PHP Version: 5.2.6 Block user comment: N Private report: N New Comment: How about putting the code into a function and including it just once? Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2008-09-27 10:12:35] noah at missionecommerce dot com Description: ------------ Using include/require in a loop causes horrible preformance, because of the additional stat, file read, and opt-code compile on every loop iteration. PHP really needs a method to do compile-time includes/requires as well as the current run-time include/require. I would like to be able to do #include like in C and have the compiler insert the contents of the file into the script BEFORE compilation. This shouldn't be a complicated feature addition, and it would make life alot easier when developing with large projects with alot of reusable code. Reproduce code: --------------- for( $i = 0; $i < 1000; $i ++ ) { // I want run this code by including the file // But this code is not appropriate to make a function for // And its very long, so I dont just want to paste the code inside // this loop because it makes developement more confusing include '/www/some_code_snippet.php'; } Expected result: ---------------- Although I knew include was a run-time event, I was hoping behavior to #include in C. Actual result: -------------- Tracing the code, I found it produced 1000 file stats, 1000 file reads, and 1000 opt-code compiles ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=46189&edit=1