Re[2]: [PHP-DB] Curious if include_once will work better than include

Hi! Sorry for my offtopic, but by the way, what's the difference between include/include_once and require/require_once? Tuesday, April 13, 2004, 10:29:14 PM, Eric wrote: >> Curious about "include_once" versus "include". >> >> All my connection stuff is in "conn.php3". >> >> I am planning on including it at the top of the page like this: >> include_once "conn.php3"; >> >> Now will that speed things up compared to just using a plain "include". I >> call $connectionSDWIS(which is in the include) 5 different times? EG> IMHO the 'speed' difference between include and include_once will be EG> slight, probably with include_once being slower because of the overhead EG> needed to keep track of which files have been included already. But this EG> isn't really what the question is about. include and include_once will EG> not magically optimize the code for you, but if you include the same file EG> 20 times that will be more that has to be parsed needlessly, so if you EG> can't keep track of your includes or if including a particular file more EG> than once will alter the result, than use include_once. Another EG> alternative is to use require() or require_once() to make sure that the EG> file is included. Just my $.02, EG> Eric -- Best regards, Mikhail U. Petrov mailto:mikhail@begun.ru