Re: performance: large includes vs small includes with lots of reads

You may find this useful: http://www.hudzilla.org/php/18_1_0.php "Hans H. Anderson" <email@hansanderson.com> wrote in message news:Pine.LNX.4.44.0410071137410.28843-100000@koi.host-servers.info... > I'm trying to tweak my server a bit and wonder if it is better to have a large > include file, say 20-40 kb with 15 user-defined functions, of which maybe 3 or 4 > are used on any given page, or to have each function in it's own file and > include (disk access/read) them only as needed. > > Is it faster/more efficient to read one large file or several smaller ones? > It's a RS Linux server with a gig of memory. > > I'm also looking at PHP Accelerator and such. Do those store only in memory > what the script needs, or does it include all that you require or include in, as > well? > > Thanks, > Hans