RE: [PHP] cache control with javascript

That really helped, I didn't think about generating the file that way. I have done other things like that, but sometimes it just helps when you get another set of eyes on the project at hand. Thanks for the refresher. Josh -----Original Message----- From: - Edwin - [mailto:copperwa11s@yahoo.co.jp] Sent: Tuesday, October 21, 2003 11:56 AM To: Joshua Minnie Cc: php-general@lists.php.net Subject: Re: [PHP] cache control with javascript On 2003.10.21, at 22:28 Asia/Tokyo, Joshua Minnie wrote: > The "it" that you were asking about was the server. The javascript > file is > actually a PHP file that produces the JavaScript that I need. I only > have > one access to a database and a while loop to generate the code. Here > is the > code pieces: ...[snipped_code]... > The customer database can get potentially large so that this file > could take > a while to generate. Currently there are only 300 records but I > anticipate > many more. Does anyone have any recommendations that might speed this > up? Hmm... I think you missed the point earlier. Here's the basic idea. Create/generate a separate file ("whatever.js") [1] and make sure that this file is ONLY *updated* when necessary (e.g. updated database)[2]. Call this file inside your HTML <head> tags. [3] This way, the "whatever.js" will be "cached" whenever possible. - E - [1] Check the file functions in the manual (if you're not familiar with it already). (http://www.php.net/manual/en/ref.filesystem.php) [2] Tip: Have a separate php script that generates the "whatever.js". Use/run this script ONLY after you made an update to your database. [3] Something like this: <head> <script src="/path/to/whatever.js" language="javascript" type="text/javascript"></script> </head> __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! BB is Broadband by Yahoo! http://bb.yahoo.co.jp/