Re: Re: template and file read

On Tue, 2004-07-20 at 23:08, Jason Barnett wrote: > Ee wrote: > > > Dears, > > > > In one of the tutorials I read about templates, the writer is diving the > > code into multiple files. He put the menu, main, left, right, footer > > each in a separate file. He is using foreach to go through an array and > > reads all these files. > > > > Is this a good practice? > > I use a lot of includes in most of my scripts mostly for logical seperation of > libraries. So IMHO yes, that is a good practice. However I wouldn't bother > using a foreach to include each file if I know ahead of time what files I'm > going to need to call. > > > Would this slow down the site? > > Absolutely! Include(s) and Require(s) are some of the most expensive calls to > make, however that can be mitigated by using a compiler cache. Google or check > the list archives for some "PHP cache" suggestions. Is the compiler cache a function of the my web host or my code?