Re: Automatic include of files containing functions

I don't know about the efficiency .. but to do it .. you can use function_exists() to see if a function is already defined if not include the file for that function before using a function. HTH ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dave [Hawk-Systems]" <dave@hawk-systems.com> To: <php-general@lists.php.net> Sent: Wednesday, December 11, 2002 10:40 AM Subject: [PHP] Automatic include of files containing functions > On a few sites we have used a master include or function file containing all the > unctions required for the site... Some of these function files may contain > 30-40 functions and some pages use only 1 function from the file. > > Would like to be a little more dynamic in our approach of this, and have started > moving all the functions into their own files... for example moving connectdb() > from the functions.php file to a connectdb.php or connectdb.inc file. > > Then for any particular php page, we would pull in only the functions that we > need for that particular page. From a script/function management perspective > this would be ideal. > > Questions// > > What would this do as far as speed and efficiency (having to load 4 or 5 > includes/requires rather than one larger include that has 25 functions that > aren't needed or used)? > > Then the hard one... > > Is there a way to have the PHP script dynamically pull in the required include > files? for example, have a function at the top of each page to include any > files required as a result of functions that exist in the script... ie: this > page uses abc() 123() and so it include/require ./includes/abc.php and > ./includes/123.php which contain the appropriate functions. > > OR > > is there an easier way to manage what is becoming an over abundance of functions > for particular sites. > > Have gotten in the habit of creating a function for anything I have to do more > than 1 or 2 times on seperate pages just to speed and simplify code from a > design and readability point of view. > > > Appreciate any comments. > > Dave > > > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > >