RE: [PHP] Question about include_once and require_once

Works fine from .au -gav. | -----Original Message----- | From: Al [mailto:news@ridersite.org] | Sent: Friday, 2 May 2003 12:00 AM | To: php-general@lists.php.net | Subject: Re: [PHP] Question about include_once and require_once | | | FYI: | | I just tried your link to | | http://www.phparch.com/ and it didn't work. | | | | John W. Holmes wrote: | | >>The php lit is not clear, to me, exactly what is happening. | >> | >>Does the "once" refer to the session or to the page? | >> | >> | > | >Page. It has nothing to do with sessions. So if you have | >include_once('functions.php') in your code twice, the 'functions.php' | >code will only be parsed once with the first include_once() call. | > | > | > | >>In other words: suppose I have a file with several functions and | >> | >> | >several | > | > | >>pages on my site. My visitors can arrive at any page and then | >> | >> | >navigate | > | > | >>around the site. If I use include_once () on all my php pages, can I | >>rely on the session manager to maintain the functions for the | >> | >> | >visitors? | > | >No. Not sure where you got this from, but sessions are a completely | >different topic. | > | > | > | >>If I use just plain "include ()", does the php parser load up an | >>additional copy for every time it's called? | >> | >> | > | >It will parse the include file each time include() is called. | > | >---John W. Holmes... | > | >PHP Architect - A monthly magazine for PHP Professionals. | Get your copy | >today. http://www.phparch.com/ | > | > | > | > |