Re: Structuring large PHP programs

The way I normally do it is I have ONE main include (usually init.inc) and then all files that I might need throught my page I put in init.inc I works nicely for me. --Joe On Wed, Feb 14, 2001 at 09:15:35PM +0100, Ben Peter wrote: > John, > > part of this is a matter of taste - I would personally rather split this > into functions. > > BUT: even if you _are_ using functions, you should only include() the > file with the function when you need it, IF this part of the code is > getting large. This way, php will not need to parse code that it won't > need anyway. > > Ben > > > John McCreesh wrote: > > > > What is the best practice for structuring a PHP program which is > > becoming too large to manage as a single file? Should it be broken into > > a number of includes, e.g.: > > > > switch ($whatever) { > > case 0: > > include('case0.php'); > > break; > > case 1: > > include('case1.php'); > > break; > > case 2: > > include('case2.php'); > > break; > > } > > > > or a number of functions: > > > > require('mylib'); > > switch ($whatever) { > > case 0: > > case0(); > > break; > > case 1: > > case1(); > > break; > > case 2: > > case3(); > > break; > > } > > > > Any thoughts, references to articles (couldn't find anything in > > PHPBuilder), etc gratefully received... > > > > Thanks - John > > > > -- > > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: php-general-unsubscribe@lists.php.net > > For additional commands, e-mail: php-general-help@lists.php.net > > To contact the list administrators, e-mail: php-list-admin@lists.php.net > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, e-mail: php-general-unsubscribe@lists.php.net > For additional commands, e-mail: php-general-help@lists.php.net > To contact the list administrators, e-mail: php-list-admin@lists.php.net -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Joe Stump, PHP Hacker, joestump98@yahoo.com -o) http://www.miester.org http://www.care2.com /\\ "It's not enough to succeed. Everyone else must fail" -- Larry Ellison _\_V -------------------------------------------------------------------------------