RE: [PHP] Including Functions; one file or many?

Mark, I use one functions file per site, then I know that if I include it, and all of my functions are available. George > -----Original Message----- > From: Mark Kelly [mailto:php@wastedtimes.net] > Sent: 26 May 2006 9:02 am > To: php-general@lists.php.net > Subject: [PHP] Including Functions; one file or many? > > > Hi > > I'm writing a set of db abstraction functions for an internal app > which will > give us a set of simple function calls for dealing with the db, like > > $result = db_AddEmployee($EmployeeData); > $EmployeeData = db_GetEmployee($EmployeeID); > > etc. > > There will be quite a few functions needed to deal with all the different > ways the app touches the db, so my question is: > > Am I better off putting all these functions into one big include > file (which > could get pretty big) or using a seperate 'include' file for each > function? > > I'm thinking about the tradeoff between simplifying code by only having a > single include file (parsing a lot of functions that aren't used, > but less > disk access) and having several include files (no extra funcs but > lots more > disk access). > > I realise there probably isn't a 'correct' way to do this, I'm > curious about > which methods folk here use in situations like this. > > TIA in advance for any advice, > > Mark > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > >