Re: System wide variable

On Wed, May 23, 2007 4:08 am, Darren Whitlen wrote: > Stut wrote: >> Darren Whitlen wrote: >>> I have a PHP script that reads and updates either a small file or a >>> mysql database. This script is called from several places every .5 >>> seconds. >>> >>> I would like to move this file to a variable for extra speed as the >>> file is causing a few problems being accessed so many times. >>> Is it possible to have a writeable variable that has the scope of >>> EVERY script that is run through the parser? >> >> Not really. Your options are basically 1) use the database instead >> of >> the file, or 2) try memcached (Google for it). >> >> -Stut > > Hmmm caching really isnt an option here as the data is always > changing. > Just a wild idea here.. would it cause major overhead if a script was > to > start a session, update some session vars, then switch to a common > session_id that each script can access? Then use that session to store > to my info. > Would that cause any obvious problems? The $_SESSION is coupled to the user/browser sending the ID back n forth... If you can hack things that run this script, I guess you could do that, but all that does is use the file system that's already not working, so I doubt it will help much. -- Some people have a "gift" link here. Know what I want? I want you to buy a CD from some indie artist. http://cdbaby.com/browse/from/lynch Yeah, I get a buck. So?