Re: How to store data that doesn't change?

On Wed, 2010-09-15 at 08:46 -0400, Peter van der Does wrote: > Hi, > > How do you people store data that doesn't change, an example of this > would be the version number of your software. You might want to use it > through out your program but how to you store it? > > As far as I can see there are several options to use this data. > 1. Global Variable > 2. Store it in a registry class > 3. Store it in a named constant. > 4. Use a function that will return the data (kind of like a regsitry > class but it's not a class) > > Personally I don't like option 1 but what about the other options. Is > any of them faster then the others. What other pros and cons are there. > > -- > Peter van der Does > > GPG key: E77E8E98 > > IRC: Ganseki on irc.freenode.net > Twitter: @petervanderdoes > > WordPress Plugin Developer > Blog: http://blog.avirtualhome.com > Forums: http://forums.avirtualhome.com > Twitter: @avhsoftware > I'd go with a constant, for the simple reason that it means the variable can't and shouldn't change in the execution of the script. The constant could be within a class or a global, however you prefer. There will be slightly more memory used in a class, but it avoids the constant from conflicting with others in the script possibly. Creating a whole function or class for this does seem a little overkill probably, so a simple global constant should do the job really. Thanks, Ash http://www.ashleysheridan.co.uk